15 h. ago Blythswood Retail Park units change plan given green light by Renfrewshire Council

The local authority confirmed the proposals were in line with the provisions of the development plan.

Politics

40 h. ago Council approves £1m plan for 15 temporary First Stop housings units in Hamilton

The council-owned, former Beckford Street Business Centre will be converted.

Economics

7 d. ago Council backs plan for battery energy storage facility at site of former hotel

The application site in Crawfordjohn, Biggar, extends to some 2.6 hectares and comprises the former Red Moss Hotel.

Science

7 d. ago Council tax bills 'set to rise in Southern England' under Labour plan to send more taxpayers' money to the North

Local Government Minister Jim McMahon this morning unveiled proposals to 'modernise' they system and send more than £2billion 'to the places and communities that need it most'.

Economics

9 d. ago Clyde Valley Housing Association welcomes tenants to new £2.9m Mill Loan development in Airdrie town centre

Event marked the official handover of the 16-unit flatted development, which forms part of North Lanarkshire Council’s Airdrie Town Centre Action Plan.

Economics

2 w. ago Welsh council leader 'concerned' about impact immigration plan could have on care

Cllr Huw Thomas said the UK Government's plans to restrict oversees recruitment of care workers is "certainly a matter of concern"

Politics

2 w. ago Council plan to install temporary classroom at Coatbridge school

A planning application from facilities management firm Equans is seeking approval for a modular Portakabin building to be erected in the car park at Glenboig Primary School for a period of five years.

Politics

3 w. ago Plans for huge Battery Energy Storage Facility (BESS) near Wishaw submitted to North Lanarkshire Council

The proposed development on land at Harestonhill Farm near Waterloo will comprise 400 containerised battery storage units.

Science

3 w. ago Perth and Kinross Council will consider cumulative impact of multiple battery energy storage systems

The local authority has received a number of planning applications for electricity generating stations

Science

3 w. ago Electricity firm wants to build battery energy storage plant on green belt site

If approved, 13 battery containers, each more than three metres in height would be installed on land currently used for livestock grazing

Science

3 w. ago Ten year West Lothian plan raises concern as council given just weeks to agree

Councillors may have just over a month before they are asked to agree to a 1,000-plus pages draft of evidence to submit to the Scottish Government for a new Local Development Plan.

Politics

3 w. ago Covid PPE left gathering dust by Tory failings cost taxpayer £762million

Boris Johnson's Government panic ordered mountains of protective kit as the pandemic took hold, which was piled up in shipping containers as storage facilities were overwhelmed

Economics

4 w. ago Business owner estimates £7000 loss if council impose parking charges to high street

Traders have come together to oppose Cardiff Council's plan to impose parking charges to District Car Parks in some areas of the city.

Economics

4 w. ago Green light for facility off M62 that will power 16,000 Greater Manchester homes

The battery storage unit will provide a much-needed boost the he energy grid

Politics

4 w. ago East Ayrshire Council announce "phased" plan for pavement parking enforcement

Motorists in East Ayrshire will no longer be able to park on most pavements from July after the council announced plans to begin enforcing the new law.

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