Independent Recycling and Waste Management

The Plan

Dow is a family-owned business that has occupied its Lenziemill Road industrial estate site since 2005.

We sort and separate Cumbernauld and surrounding areas’ household, commercial and industrial waste.

In recent years residents have complained about the noise and visual impact of our site. We have listened and have a solution.

We want to build a landscaped embankment around the part of the site visible to local residents up on the hill in South Carbrain. This will also benefit the companies located next to us on the industrial estate.

In addition to dramatically improving the view of 300 South Carbrain households, it will also block the view of the site for people catching the train from Cumbernauld’s main train station.

It will be 13-32 feet high (about the same height as the “angel of Cumbernauld” statue on the M80), and between 26 and 80 feet wide (twice the length of a standard single-decker bus). It will be 590 metres in length.

It will be made of earth (soil), grassed over, and trees will be planted all over the bund. These will be fast-growing trees native to Scotland and will further increase the height of the embankment over time.

It will cost a lot of money (around £1m) and take a lot of time (a year) and effort to build. But we consider this a small price to pay to improve the quality of day-to-day life for South Carbrain householders.

We are submitting a planning application to build the embankment to North Lanarkshire Council. If it gets approval we will build the embankment.

Q & A

Q. Why are you doing this?

A. Dow is a good neighbour. We have listened to local residents’ concerns about visual and noise impact from the site. And we have learnt. That’s why we want to build the landscaped embankment: to improve the quality of life for South Carbrain householders.
Q. What are you doing?

A. We want to build a landscaped embankment around the part of the site visible to local residents up on the hill in South Carbrain. This will also benefit the companies located next to us on the industrial estate.

In addition to dramatically improving the view of 300 South Carbrain households, it will also block the view of the site for people catching the train from Cumbernauld’s main train station.

It will be 13-32 feet high (about the same height as the “angel of Cumbernauld” statue on the M80 at its peak). And between 26 and 80 feet wide (up to twice the length of a standard single-decker bus). It will be 590 metres in length.
Q. Where will it be built?

A. Around three quarters of the perimeter of our site, on an industrial estate in Cumbernauld, near South Carbrain.
Q. When will this take place?

A. It is only a plan at the moment. But we are serious about it.

We are submitting a planning application.

We cannot build the embankment until we have planning approval. Councillors at North Lanarkshire Council will make this decision.

How long the planning process takes depends on the number of formal objections to our plans. A significant number of objections can delay any decision by at least six months.

If we get the go-ahead it will take around a year to build and cost £1M fully-funded by us, at Dow.
Q. How will you build it and how can I find out more?

A. Email us at community@dowuk.com or call Lorraine (during office hours) on 01236 730 730. She is happy to answer any questions you may have.

Lenziemill Industrial Estate Site

We've Listened. We've Learnt. We Have a Solution.

The Plan

Timeline

Planning Process

Build Embankment

Landscaping (Grass and Trees)

Q & A

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