A large ugly fuel tank seems set to be demolished.
Plans are being ready by SGN to raze the massive eyesore construction that blots the panorama on the previous BMK carpet website in Kilmarnock.
Whereas the remnants of the manufacturing facility have gone, the container has remained near residential houses between Barbadoes Place and Burnside Road for many years.
An software for an extra 73 houses has additionally been submitted for the land surrounding the fuel holder. The plans have proved controversial with locals submitting objections. The land in query can also be a flood plain.
A proper software to demolish the tank has not but been submitted.
The applicant had queried whether or not an Environmental Impression Evaluation (EIA) was required as a part of the bid however council planners have decided that it isn't required.
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A generic assertion for decommissioning the 'above floor spiral gasholder' says that water and sludge shall be faraway from the massive container earlier than its demolition can start.
Drawings present a bridge main from the container over the Kilmarnock Water is to stay in place regardless of all the pieces else being eliminated.
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