Incinerator plan set to be rejected
In November 2010 the Scottish Government rejected an appeal by developer Grundon Waste Management against the decision of Perth and Kinross Council to block plans to site the giant plant at Shore Road, close to Perth Prison and on an area between the River Tay and the South Inch parklands.
Six years earlier the council had granted outline planning permission for a 90,000-tonne capacity incinerator at the site to a company called Holden Environmental. Local residents were outraged last year when Grundon announced plans to submit a revised proposal to the council.
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Hide AdSenior council planners, however, are now recommending that the revised “waste to energy” scheme should be thrown out for second time at a special meeting of the council’s development control committee.
Pete Wishart, the MP for Perth and North Perthshire and an opponent of the project, is leading calls for the amended scheme to be rejected.