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The Herald Scotland
29-04-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Appeal bid for ‘coffee stops' on Scotland-England border rejected
The bid was refused and the applicant submitted an appeal to members of Scottish Borders Council's Local Review Body. But by a majority of five to four, the application was refused by the body's members. The facilities were earmarked alongside the site of the Redeswire Fray, one of the last Border battles which took place in 1575, and included the formation of hard-standing areas for public seating. READ MORE: Boutique hotel and restaurant in historic Scottish location goes on market Indian restaurant chain to open new spot on busy Glasgow square Lidl to invest £500m in its expansion as it eyes new sites in Scotland The applicants had also proposed to provide two toilets and to locate Highland cattle at the site. But the bid raised a number of objections, including one from the provider of the existing Reiver's View coffee stop in the area. Concerns were also raised over the bid being detrimental to retailers in Jedburgh town centre, being incongruous to its surroundings, with the presence of a gas pipeline at the lay-by raising health and safety concerns. Mid Berwickshire councillor Donald Moffat said: 'I've been at that lay-by quite a lot over the years and I think that what is proposed would spoil the setting for the actual thing for the tourists who stop and take pictures there. 'Apart from being out of keeping, it could encourage people to cross the road to a bigger setting and take pictures beside the Highland cattle.' Hawick and Hermitage councillor Jane Cox disagreed, saying: 'I do not think this would be out of place and I think it would be very good addition for tourists who stop there to look at the views and I have no problem with it.'
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Solar farm scheme will be 'well contained'
Councillors in the Borders have agreed not to object to a large solar park being proposed for the Lammermuir Hills in Berwickshire. Fred Olsen Renewables has applied to the government's Energy Consents Unit for permission to put up about 55,000 panels near the Crystal Rig wind farm - about four miles (6km) from the village of Cranshaws. Scottish Borders Council (SBC) planning committee agreed not to oppose the scheme in the Lammermuir Hills Special Landscape Area. Berwickshire councillor Donald Moffat said he felt the proposals would be quite well screened from general public view. More stories from South Scotland Listen to news for the Scottish Borders on BBC Sounds "Where these solar panels are being proposed for - unless you are actually going up to drive through the area you won't see anything," he said. "It is something that is going to be well contained within the plateau. "I didn't see any reason to go against this and actually all our officers were all quite happy about this." SBC is being consulted on the project but due to the scale of the development the final say will lie with the Scottish government. Light concerns over wind farm plans
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Crystal Rig solar farm scheme will be 'well contained'
Councillors in the Borders have agreed not to object to a large solar park being proposed for the Lammermuir Hills in Olsen Renewables has applied to the government's Energy Consents Unit for permission to put up about 55,000 panels near the Crystal Rig wind farm - about four miles (6km) from the village of Borders Council (SBC) planning committee agreed not to oppose the scheme in the Lammermuir Hills Special Landscape councillor Donald Moffat said he felt the proposals would be quite well screened from general public view. "Where these solar panels are being proposed for - unless you are actually going up to drive through the area you won't see anything," he said."It is something that is going to be well contained within the plateau."I didn't see any reason to go against this and actually all our officers were all quite happy about this."SBC is being consulted on the project but due to the scale of the development the final say will lie with the Scottish government.
