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There is always hope when it gets to the councillor’s vote stage. Locally, we recently had granted planning permission for a new care home that had a lot of opposition overturned by the councillors after some determined lobbying. Hopefully there’s enough fight in the community to put in the effort for this. I have no business acumen and may be a bit naive about this sort of stuff and no doubt there are some personalities who stand to gain personally from the project’s success, but it seems to be a legitimate proposal that could do well for the community as well as helping out the club financially. It seems worth the effort to fight for.

With the club coming out strong last week, and the weekend missive from the chairman urging all fans to contact their local councilors, I can't help feeling that all our eggs are in this one basket. That scares me a lot.

Derek is an icon. A legend. A charismatic character who will bring joy to Dingwall.

Here's an idea, how about coming up with a new project title? If it was now called the TESCO Battery Energy Storage Facility, it would sail through all the planning committee stages would it not?

Go Derek...third time lucky to get them down.

One of these battery farms has got planning permission 160 metres from my house, I’ll be able to see it from my bedroom window. And looking it up online just now, I’ve just discovered that another one has recently been approved about 300m beyond the first one and that one is even closer to houses than the first. Both sailed through planning. I noticed that one of them is an ILI project and used the same agents and project manager as the ICTFC one - so they can’t be that bad STFU, despite your claim/hope that this is all the club’s fault for using cheap advisors!

My feelings too Scotty - this particular sentence in the Chairman's statement says it all. Sounds like we're heading for part-time if this project fails.

Another barrowload of goals from the women today Team lines and result.

Text of e-mail received from the Chairman. The link in red takes you to the text of an e-mail he has sent to Councillors: Dear Caley Thistle supporter, As you may have read or heard ICTFC has lodged a planning application for a BESS Development (Battery Electrical Storage system) at the back of Fairways Business Park in Inverness. The development has been helped massively by our main sponsor ILI with two huge goals in mind Firstly to take a huge step forward in helping Scotland, and the Highlands in particular, to getting to NET Zero CO2 emissions Secondly this development can be hugely beneficial to our club with the funds allowing us a firm, stable financial foundation for years to come. It is imperative that Scotland gets to a net zero CO2 footing. Highland Council along with the Scottish Gov declared a climate Emergency in 2019 ! It is also imperative that ICTFC derive funding from outwith football as we simply don’t make enough in the Championship to keep a full time squad and everything that goes with it. We don’t have a rich owner, there is only all of us together, so we need help. This development can most certainly help, but last week the planning department of Highland Council recommended that our application should be refused when it comes before the Council Planning Committee this Wednesday. This was devastating news. WE need to persuade, by lobbying the local councillors, that this recommendation should be overturned and the application should be approved at the meeting which is taking place this Wednesday and to that end I am asking all of you, if you agree with what I have said, to contact your local councillor with your support for the application and the club and also with the knowledge that it contributes massively to get to the Net Zero goal. I have attached a copy of an email I've sent out to all Highland Councillors which will give you a fuller picture. I hope this helps explain matters more fully, but in summary our BESS development on 1.7 hectares of Fairways………. WILL SAVE , ANNUALLY, 20,000 TONNES OF CO2. THE EQUIVALENT OF PLANTING 1,000,000 TREES (YOU CANT FIT 1,000,000 TREES ONTO 1.7 HECTARES) ! TAKES POWER FROM TURBINES WHEN THERE IS EXCESS IN THE SYSTEM ALLOWING THEM TO CARRY ON TURNING WHEN BEFORE THEY WERE TURNED OFF WHEN THE TURBINES STOP THE BATTERIES RELEASE POWER ENOUGH TO POWER EVERY HOUSE IN THE HIGHLANDS FOR TWO HOURS ! NEGATES THE NEED TO TURN ON GAS POWERED GENERATORS . REDUCES FOSSIL FUEL RELIANCE AND USAGE CAN AND WILL SECURE THE FUTURE OF ICTFC AND ICTFC COMMUNITY TRUST AND ALLOW US TO FLOURISH AND PROSPER Admittedly , the site will use 1.7 hectares of green space but this is only 2% of the 85 hectares which are left untouched and as I say, is the equivalent of 1m trees being planted by ICTFC. The Highlands needs this. Scotland needs this and everyone associated with ICTFC needs this. If you can do anything to help us then please do. Now is the time when we need you the most. Kind regards, Ross J.Ross Morrison Chairman ICTFC

I'll be disappointed if we don't put out our best available squad. We're nowhere near strong enough to be underestimating any team, and the more time our starting 11 get playing together, the sharper they'll get.

I see our CEO has been quoted in the "Courier" as referring to the development as a "Battery Farm". I trust he is aware it is for a Battery Energy Storage Facility and not a Battery Farm with Big Sheds full of hens. That really would be putting all our eggs in one basket.