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It is long past time that I revisited the topic of the Crown Estate. (see previous posts for further background) since much has been happening over the past few months. First of all, a bit of background. The Crown Estate
Continue readingMy good friend Maxwell MacLeod wrote to me earlier this year lamenting the lack of local control over the natural resources of the Highlands and Islands. ——————————————————————————————————— GUEST POST by Maxwell MacLeod I was born in 1952 and during my
Continue readingThe Whin Park controversy (see previous post) is merely the latest of a number of controversies brewing across Scotland in relation to common good land. In Perth, the Council is proposing to demolish the Perth City Hall. Amidst all the
Continue readingHighland Council are proposing to build a new road – the West Link [broken link Oct 2024]- to provide a southern bypass for Inverness and allow traffic travelling from the A82 to the A9 and vice-versa to avoid the town
Continue readingA dramatic fire has been raging all afternoon at the Gusset building at 120-130 Morrison Street, Glasgow. The property has lain derelict since it was bought for £4,200,000 by Straben Developments Limited of Belfast, Northern Ireland in September 2007. (title
Continue readingThis blog was first published at Bella Caledonia [link broken Oct 2024] on 29 September 2011 UPDATE 25 November 2012 Read the Jimmy Reid Foundation’s excellent report Silent Crisis: Failure and Revival in Local Democracy in Scotland for a detailed
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