The plan faced multiple objections from the local community , but permission was granted in December.
A man has won a legal battle against a council's decision to build a fence around a historic football pitch in a Glasgow park.
Cathkin Park is well known for its footballing history. It contains the site of the second Hampden Park, previously home to the football clubs Queen's Park and Third Lanark.In May 2023, the Jimmy Johnstone Academy applied to the council for planning permission to build a new boundary fence at the park to prevent “unauthorised use and non-permitted activities” and to stop “unnecessary footfall on the grass”.
On his crowdfunding website, Mr Brown wrote: “I firmly believe that football should be for everyone, but this is the last grass pitch on public land in the south-east of Glasgow free for anyone to use.” Mr Brown said that the council’s decision was not in keeping with the Land Reform 2003 Act - otherwise known as right to roam legislation.
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