Planners powerless to stop peat extraction without compensation

Scottish planners will have to pay a horticulture company compensation to stop it extracting peat because it is renewing an old minerals permit

by Rachel Salvidge
Old minerals permissions can tie councils' hands. Photograph: Paul Van Den Berg/123RF
Old minerals permissions can tie councils' hands. Photograph: Paul Van Den Berg/123RF

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