Deveron pull out "Best Christmas present for Nairn" say NRCG

John Hart of Nairn Residents Concern Group sent the Gurn their latest press release entitled "Best Christmas present for Nairn":

"After the victory for commonsense, when on the 14 May 2010 the Reporter decided to uphold the Council’s decision not to grant planning permission on a number of grounds, including: that the proposal did not comply with the Development Plan; the scale of development applied for would be excessive for the location and constitute overdevelopment; and that the likely effect on the character and appearance of the area of the density of development, building heights, reduced structural landscaping etc would be adverse; it would seem that Deveron have equally come to a commonsense decision and pulled out one year earlier than the 5 year contract window."

See more below for more details of Deveron homes request to Highland Council to allow them to pull out of their Sandown agreement.

Deveron Homes profits plummet

Deveron Homes of Sandown lands planning application fame saw their profits go down drastically in 2009 but are confident of a comeback. More on the Herald website.

Deveron Highland's Sandown appeal rejected!

The appeal was rejected and the reasons for refusal are now available on the Scottish Government's site - PDF document to read here. Warning it is a long read :-)

Good news for Nairn - our town must grow but now perhaps we can all have a real say in how that can happen. Well done to all the objectors that put up such a great case at the inquiry.

Since there are nearly 40 people on the waiting list for allotments, the first thing the Council could do is mark out a few more plots alongside the existing ones up on Sandown?