A BID for hazardous storage consent for liquified petroleum gas at Rosneath Castle Caravan Park has been withdrawn.
Management at the holiday park were seeking hazardous storage consent to enable them to store the substance (LPG), but have now decided to pursue another option.
No feedback had been received by Argyll and Bute Council from the public during the planning process.
A spokesperson for the applicants said: “There will be two locations where six overground LPG vessels will be sited at each site on new concrete pads around new fenced areas.
“The location of the sites are on land owned by the park, whereas in the meeting there was a discussion that the park was going to purchase land from other land owners of nearby properties.
“Of the two locations, one area is in the boundary of the park and the other is outwith on land called Dark Wood, where the use of the second location needs to be redesignated to a caravan park.
“I also note that, because there is a TPO (tree preservation order) in place, a tree survey for each location needs to be submitted with the planning application to clearly mark which trees are required to be felled to facilitate the works.
“The plan, when carrying out the changes to the current way LPG is stored, is to significantly decrease the capacity for LPG storage across the park.
“The existing maximum storage capacity is around 36 tonnes and after the changes are made to the network, in removing 18 underground vessels in five locations and replacing with 12 overground vessels in two locations, it brings the amount stored on park to below 25 tonnes.”
The statement added: “It is the park’s intention to pursue another option in bringing LPG storage to below the maximum controlled quantity and there is, therefore, no need to continue with the park’s outstanding application to apply for hazardous substance consent.
“The park gives formal notification to withdraw the outstanding application and there isn’t a need to re-apply for hazardous substance consent following the implementation of the changes set out in this email, given the aggregate quantity of LPG will be below the maximum controlled quantity.”
