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Phone mast ruling spells bad news for wild land, fear campaigners

A SCOTTISH local authority’s refusal of a phone mast in a designated Wild Land Area (WLA) has been overturned in a planning appeal.

The National (Scotland)

No more lip-sync battles for Tom Holland: 'I'd rather go and play golf'

Tom Holland is most famous for playing Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But he is perhaps most revered for dancing and lip-syncing to Rihanna's "Umbrella" on reality television.

Los Angeles Times

West Lothian villagers say industrial developments 'destroying countryside'

Seafield is facing developments on open land after losing two Scottish Government appeals

Daily Record

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West Lothian villagers say huge industrial developments 'destroying countryside'

The village of Seafield is facing developments on surrounding open land, after losing two Scottish Government appeals

Edinburgh Live

Paisley protesters eye up court battle as more than 600 homes planned for Dykebar

Bellway Homes, Cala Homes and Barratt Homes were formally granted permission for their proposed Thornly Park village by the Scottish Government Reporter.

Daily Record

East Lothian motocross track saved after council miss removal deadline by five days

Planners and objectors used social media posts and YouTube clips to try and prove the track was not completed in time to avoid the enforcement action but the Scottish Government Reporter ruled it was not 'firm evidence'

Edinburgh Live

Buyer emerges to save The Newry Reporter at eleventh hour

National World Publishing, which also owns The Belfast Newsletter and Derry Journal, has bought the 155-year old title

Birmingham Post

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Falkirk 'squiggly' path saved as plan to build on green belt rejected

An appeal to the Scottish Government was dismissed as the reporter agreed with councillors that the Carronshore farmland was not the right site for new housing.

Daily Record

Housebuilders win battle over Midlothian school site but lose expenses claim

The bid to build 46 bungalows on the site at the former Wellington School sparked a local campaign against creating what objectors called an "isolated commuter desert" in the rural community, but it was eventually approved by Scottish Ministers

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian warning over new housing after rare victory against developers

A Scottish Government planning Reporter backed the council's refusal to build in open countryside near a nature reserve in Armadale, but underlying fault lines in legislation won't stop more attempts to build on open country

Edinburgh Live

Cornton caravan site appeal is rejected by Scot Gov Reporter

Dismissing the application. he concluded: ‘Balancing these factors together and in the round, I conclude that use of the site as a caravan park had, by the date of the application, been abandoned’.

Daily Record

Lady Gaga to play Harley Quinn in Joker sequel

Margot Robbie played the character in the Suicide Squad movies, but Gaga’s version is expected to ‘exist in a different universe’

The Guardian - UK

West Lothian town to get extra homes despite concern over pressure on GP surgery

Housing developers appealed when West Lothian Council rejected proposals to add another 75 homes to a site for 300 houses in Armadale. Local fears about the pressure on GP services in the town were dismissed and planning permission was granted

Edinburgh Live

Midlothian housing estate plans go to Scottish Ministers after planners miss deadline

The Scottish Government Reporter is now currently considering two MIdlothian appeals by developers after planners took too long to come to a decision

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East Lothian businessman's dream to turn historic building into flats is refused

Dunbar Assembly Rooms are on the Building at Risk register but the plans to turn the dilapidated upper floors into flats were dismissed by the Reporter over concerns about raising the roof and a lack of parking outside.

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