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Motorhome and campervan owners are at risk of new driving restrictions as a landmark petition demands change. A campaigner against over tourism on the North Coast 500 is calling for a crackdown on vehicle camping.

Robin Pettigrew, who lives in Lochcarron, is asking the Scottish Parliament to “explicitly prohibit camping in a vehicle outside of designated camping zones.”

Mr Pettigrew, who is the administrator of campaign group NC 500 The Dirty Truth, aims to make the provisions of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code “legally enforceable.”

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He believes the current tourism model is an “environmental catastrophe”. The petition is asking the Scottish Parliament to “review the legislation conc

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