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Glasgow Times
08-08-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Recall sought on 'huge' battery storage plant near Clydebank
Scottish Ministers gave the go-ahead for a 560MW site covering 29 hectares on Whitehall Farm this week, causing uproar in the local community. A Facebook titled 'Save Our Countryside - Cochno Road' was set up shortly after the proposals were first announced, which has gained more than 1,000 members opposing the plans. Now, local MP, Douglas McAllister, has written to the Cabinet Secretary of Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin, and Ivan McKee, Minister of Public Finance, to recall their decision. In the letter, Mr McAllister wrote: "The level of objection by the community of West Dunbartonshire is based on the sheer size and scale of this potential development, described as one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The application site is the wrong location; it is too close in proximity to the heavily populated residential area of Faifley. The Scottish Government, in partnership with West Dunbartonshire local authority, has recently invested in excess of £35 million, completing a community education campus in Faifley due to be open in the autumn of this year. This proposed BESS application is in close proximity to that. In the letter, he said: "It is incredibly disappointing that at a time when the local community is celebrating the largest capital investment since the construction of Faifley, that at the same time, the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit has consented to such a significant unwelcome construction. "In all the circumstances, I respectfully submit that consenting to this application is inappropriate, and therefore I formally request, as the Member of Parliament for West Dunbartonshire, that Scottish Ministers give consideration to calling in the application outcome by the Energy Consents Unit to review matters." Examining the cup and ring markings at Whitehill 4, this, and three others in the small hazel woodland, are less than 20m from the perimeter of the development. (Image: Kat Jones) Meanwhile, Action to Protect Rural Scotland (APRS) is calling for the reconsideration of planning policy surrounding the battery site after seven, including the Whitehall Farm, were approved. Dr Kat Jones, Director of APRS, said: "It is shocking that a site with such important archaeological and natural heritage, and of such importance for local people and visitors, can get permission for a huge and damaging battery storage facility. If this site can get permission for battery storage, then nowhere is safe.
Leader Live
29-05-2025
- Health
- Leader Live
Lush Smoothie in Buckley to focus on health and wellbeing
In 2020, under the covid pandemic, Kat Jones launched Aspire to Inspire mobile fitness company. Over 12 months later, she opened a women's-only gym by the same name, in Buckley town centre. The Aspire to Inspire 24-hour gym now has 190 members. This weekend the 40-year-old, who is also a menopause coach, is opening her latest venture, Lush Smoothie. Read more: Flintshire business with prom 2026 in its sights! Located upstairs above Aspire to Inspire on Brunswick Road, the smoothie bar will have natural goodness at its heart. Kat said: "It's about promoting health and wellbeing, offering a healthier alternative to the people of Buckley. "It is all made fresh, using natural products, and can be tailored to individual requirements too, such as no nut products. "As well as fresh fruits and vegetables, we have collagen, a variety of honeys and selection of milks. Read more: 'We're humbled' - Meet the winner of best deli, butchers, farm shop 2025 "We hope to bring some seasonal editions to the menu throughout the year too." As well as the smoothies, such as Detox Delight (spinach, apple, celery, lemon and ginger) and Hormone Harmony (mixed berries, Greek yoghurt, chia seeds, maca powder and coconut water), Lush Smoothie will offer 'wellness shots', including Immunity (carrot, ginger, turmeric, pepper and orange). Over a series of feedback from taster events, Kat has managed to help pin down recipes that have great flavours and texture, as well as offering value for money. Lush Smoothie, which includes 'chill space' area with seating, opens officially on Saturday (May 31) at 8am.
