Friday, 3 May 2019

Borders Council lodges dozens of valuation appeals

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUGLAS SHEPHERD Scottish Borders Council has joined the Duke of Roxburghe, Olympic equestrian Ian Stark, and some of the re...
Tuesday, 30 April 2019

TORY CONFLICT OF INTEREST OVER TWEED’S FRAGILE ECO-SYSTEM?

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SPECIAL FEATURE by DOUG COLLIE Proposals to build hundreds of new homes close to the Tweed in a £200 million development scheme promote...
Monday, 29 April 2019

Appraisal of Lowood housing site showed potential risk of pollution

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EXCLUSIVE by EWAN LAMB A screening exercise to ascertain whether 29 Borders housing sites could be developed without threatening protecte...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Council plans could threaten special area of conservation - report

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUGLAS SHEPHERD An assessment completed by Scottish Borders Council in 2017 confirmed that housing developments on the Lowo...
Tuesday, 23 April 2019

Scrap Lowood Estate housing plans, council told

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUG COLLIE Scottish Borders Council has been strongly advised not to allocate Lowood Estate land, near Melrose, for hundred...
Sunday, 21 April 2019

More on that Audit Scotland 'wish list'

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by EWAN LAMB Risks associated with arms length companies, the potential threats posed by participation in so-called city region and growth...
Saturday, 20 April 2019

Another collection of platitudes from Audit Scotland?

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by EWAN LAMB Scotland's public spending watchdog has warned of weaknesses within the country's local authorities which could lead ...