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Perth, Shore Road

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Campaign group

Bridgend, Gannochy and Kinnoull Community Council 

Applicant: 

Grundon

Technology: 

Incineration with energy-from-waste

Capacity: 

Up to 90,000 tpa

Location

Shore Road, Perth

Local authority: 

Perth & Kinross Council - click here to see planning application

Status of current application: 

Outline planning consent awarded in 2006, refused full consent on 24 November 2009, with recommendation to revoke outline consent. Grundon submitted an appeal on 11 March 2010 - click here for details. 

LATEST NEWS -  Please email relevant news stories for publishing 

Ministers "may" decide Dunbar and Perth appeals

The Scottish Government's 'Department of Planning and Environmental Appeals' (DPEA) has responded to our inquiry as who will make the final decision regarding planning permission for incinerators at Dunbar and Perth - their Reporter, or Scottish Ministers:- (start) With respect to your comments...read more

Perth Grundon appeal update, 15 June

This update received today: The appeal is currently under consideration by the appointed Reporter. Further procedure notices, inviting further written submissions from the appellant, the council, SEPA and Bridgend, Gannochy and Kinnoull Community Council were issued on 11 June. These can be...read more

Shore Road Incinerator: Grundon appeal, 23 Apr 2010
INCINERATOR specialists Grundon are intent on pressing ahead with their appeal to the Scottish Government after the local authority rejected their Shore Road proposals. And that has sparked a fresh attack on the company by Pete Wishart. ..read more

Tayside Strategic Development Plan - Your chance to comment - 4 March 2010
A 12 week period of consultation on the new Tayside Strategic Development Plan begins on Monday 12 April - click here for further details. The Tayside Strategic Development Plan will shape overall planning policy of four local authorities - Perth & Kinross, Angus, Dundee and Fife - for the next 20... read more

Correspondence with Tayside Health Board, 6 December 2009 onwards

The following is an exchange of correspondence with Tayside Health Board, to whom I wrote on 6 December 2009. I received a response on 22 February 2010, to which I replied on 4 April. I leave you to judge the quality of the responses....read more

Council holds fire on incinerator, 25 March 2010
COUNCILLORS LAST night stood accused of letting down the people of Perth by voting not to make immediate moves to revoke planning permission for the controversial £100 million incinerator...READ MORE

Grundon appeal goes to Scottish ministers,16 March 2010 - Deadline for further representations 30 March

Grundon has lodged an appeal with Scottish Ministers through the Directorate of Planning and Envrionemtnal Appeals (DPEA) against Perth & Kinross Council's refusal of planning consent for...READ MORE

Shore Road incinerator appeal to begin, Friday 5 Feb 2010 by Gordon Bannerman, Perthshire Advertiser 

THE Shore Road incinerator controversy is set to rumble on. And Perth and Kinross Council has attracted more flak for “dithering” over sounding the death knell for the vast £100 million waste to energy plant proposed for a site close to the South Inch. Yesterday, would-be developers Grundon confirmed they had instructed lawyers to prepare an appeal against the council’s development control committee refusal verdict. MORE...(external link)

Incinerator plans rejected by Perth and Kinross Council planners, Friday 27 Nov 2009 by Gordon Bannerman, Perthshire Advertiser 

IT took six hours but Perth and Kinross Council’s development control committee unanimously refused Grundon Waste Management’s detailed planning consent for a controversial £100 million incinerator project processing 90,000 tonnes of domestic and commercial waste in Perth’s Shore Road. MORE...(external link)