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Waste plant challenge to Government

A LEGAL challenge has been mounted against the Scottish Government's decision to give the go-ahead to a controversial £50 million waste-energy plant next to housing and a school.

Ministers overturned North Lanarkshire Council’s decision to reject plans for the scheme by award-winning butcher Simon Howie’s Shore Energy firm, which will burn off 160,000 tonnes of waste from rubbish and turn it into energy. The local authority is now seeking a judicial review of that ruling.