CAMPAIGNERS have taken a first step in trying to overturn a council decision to allow an adventure course in a city park.

Save Pollok Park has arranged a meeting in its battle to get government ministers to stop Glasgow City Council pressing ahead with the Go Ape development.

The firm got the green light last week from the council's planning committee despite more than 800 objections.

The proposal now goes before the Scottish Government, which can send it back to the council for a final decision or make the ruling itself.

Save Pollok Park protesters say they have a 4000 signature petition against the plan, which will see rope bridges, zip lines and ladders strung from around 30 trees in the woods behind the Burrell.

The group's first meeting to discuss taking their campaign to Holyrood will be attended by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, as well as councillors who voted against the plan.

Bill Fraser, of Save Pollok Park said: "We have lost round one of our campaign but last Tuesday's ridiculous and illogical decision was only a bump on the road to victory.

"It's now time to re-energise ourselves for the next phase - to have the planning decision called in by Scottish Ministers.

"Until now the campaign has only been able to oppose on strict technical planning grounds and the council was able to avoid bigger questions.

"At a call-in, we can raise more relevant issues about the way the consultation' was conducted, whether the council has any right to grant a lease and the conduct of the council planning department in its preparation of the planning report."

City MSP Ms Sturgeon is unhappy at the council's decision.

She said: "The public consultation carried out by the council was, in my view, inadequate.

The plan has to get final approval from the Government as the city council has a financial interest in the proposal.

Ministers can call in the planning application for their own determination, possibly by holding a public local inquiry, or send it back to the council to deal with as it sees fit.

The meeting is at 8pm on Wednesday at Pollokshields Burgh Hall, 70 Glencairn Drive. LAST week we stated Labour councillor Irfan Rabbani voted in favour of the Go Ape planning application. In fact Mr Rabbani was not present at the meeting as he is no longer a member of the committee.