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Lanarkshire Live

Lanarkshire couple call for inquiry into conduct of council officers over garage planning rammy

A couple who won a five-year battle over a family home development claim they've been "humiliated" by council planners after criminal charges were pressed against them.

Allan and Janet Brooks were accused of flouting greenbelt rules by building garages next to two new detached houses.

Prosecutors have now scrapped the case, but the long-running dispute has cost the couple tens of thousands of pounds in fees and legal costs.

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