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Stephanie Brawn

Protestors to hold demonstration outside Renfrewshire Council HQ against contentious 179-home development

Environmental campaigners are set to hold a demonstration against plans for a highly controversial housing development this weekend insisting council chiefs and elected members must listen harder to the people of Paisley.

Community group Save Paisley's Green Space has invited people to stand outside Renfrewshire House on Saturday and show their opposition to a 179-home development that looks set to be built on the University of the West of Scotland's (UWS) Thornly Park campus.

UWS, in partnership with Miller Homes, sought permission from Renfrewshire Council to demolish the sports pitches, disused student accommodation and Robertson Sports Centre at its campus to make way for the development.

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