Update: Plans for Bo'ness pirate ship play area are withdrawn

Plans for a new nautical themed play area Captain Jack Sparrow would have been proud of have now been withdrawn.
By James Trimble
Published 1st Oct 2021, 11:33 BST
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UK walking and cycling charity Sustrans lodged and application with Falkirk Council to create the play area on grassland to the north of the town’s Union Street Car Park.

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According to the plans the play area would have featured a variety of equipment, including a pirate ship, sunken barge, stilt posts, wobbly bridge, balance beam and rope traverse.

Bo'ness children would have been able to play on a pirate ship and other fun equipment on grassland near Union Street car parkBo'ness children would have been able to play on a pirate ship and other fun equipment on grassland near Union Street car park
Bo'ness children would have been able to play on a pirate ship and other fun equipment on grassland near Union Street car park

However, the applicant withdrew the plans on September 24.

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