Two directors of Patersons Quarries Ltd, the Glasgow-based company behind an application for a three million-tonne sand and gravel quarry near Biggar, help run an environmental consultancy that has given a good report on the plan.
Environmentalists have demanded an inquiry into a conflict of interest they say has compromised a bitterly disputed plan for a massive new quarry on the banks of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire.
Two directors of Patersons Quarries Ltd, the Glasgow-based company behind an application for a three million-tonne sand and gravel quarry near Biggar, help run an environmental consultancy that has given a good report on the plan.