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Article: Stage shows threatened.
- Article from:
- Galloway Gazette (Newton Stewart, Scotland)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2007
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LOCAL theatre productions in a Stewartry garden were under threat this week when planners challenged the erection of a stage on land at Orchardton, Auchencairn.
The stage, consisting of a steel framework and white canopy, has been used throughout the summer for various productions in the Walled Gardens at Orchardton but the planning department informed the owner, Bill Barlow, that he is contravening planning policy by having the stage up full-time.
Policy states that temporary "festival" structures can remain in place for up to 28 days at a time, but Mr Barlow's stage has been up since April and although he says it is possible to take the stage down in ...