Council’s Economy PPG has already carried out the Minister’s recommended actions on the Kintyre grid upgrade issue

Here is yet more evidence of the on-the-ball operations of the current Argyll and Bute Council. Recently we saw the encouragingly collective acceptance of responsibility that produced this year’s agreed budget allocations. Today – Saturday 21st February – Councillors have responded immediately to Energy Minister, Jim Mather’s, recommended actions on the issue of the crucial Hunterston to Carradale subsea link being omitted from the  National Planning Framework document.

It was the watchfulness of the Council’s Economy Policy and Performance Group (PPG) that initially spotted the omission and led to the Leader, Dick Walsh’s letter to the First Minister, seeking reassurances on the matter.

The Economy PPG, with Councillor Ron Simon as Chair, has also already ensured that the Convener of the Local Government and Communities Committee has been made fully aware of the Council’s concern at this omission.

Councillor Simon says: ‘I hope this offers some reassurance that the Council are fully on top of the matter and will continue to press at all levels in the best interests of the economic and environmental future of Argyll and Bute’.

Councillors are waiting keenly for contact from officials for the talks to progress the Hunterston subsea cable issue.

The photograph above is of the Hunterston power station from which the subsea cable would run to Carradale in Kintyre. It is reproduced here under the Creative Commons licvcence.