Battery Project - Chairman's Statement

[Stephen Malkmus]

Do Inshes and Milton of Leys Community Council live in the real world? A toxic cloud reaching Raigmore Hospital 

[Satan]

1 hour ago, Stephen Malkmus said:

Do Inshes and Milton of Leys Community Council live in the real world? A toxic cloud reaching Raigmore Hospital 

That's just the smokers at half time at the bingo.

[IBM]

Although not directly linked to the battery farm, from the P&J today. 
 

[Jack Waddington]

Not sure why we can't get a P&R in place permanantly on non matchdays? Reduces traffic in town from the A9 side anyway and stops the Highland Council whinging about emissions, and provides a source of income for us

[Robert]

They’d need to allow vehicles to turn right from Stadium Road to go over the Kessock Bridge and someone would need to pay for a frequent service between the ground and the City Centre.

Edited December 16, 2023 by Robert

[Jack Waddington]

On 12/16/2023 at 11:16 PM, Robert said:

They’d need to allow vehicles to turn right from Stadium Road to go over the Kessock Bridge and someone would need to pay for a frequent service between the ground and the City Centre.

Well, if someone at Transport Scotland gets their arses in gear to build the flyover, it shouldn't be a problem

Edited December 18, 2023 by Jack Waddington

[Robert]

Don’t hold your breath for that!!

[Yngwie]

They might do it in 2025 once the A9 dualling is complete.

[Leaky Blinder]

On 12/18/2023 at 4:15 PM, Yngwie said:

They might do it in 2025 once the A9 dualling is complete.

The song "In the year 2525" by Zager & Evans suddenly sprung to mind 

[IBM]

7 minutes ago, Leaky Blinder said:

The song "In the year 2525" by Zager & Evans suddenly sprung to mind 

I will have that in my head all night now 

[+Gringo]

7 hours ago, IBM said:

I will have that in my head all night now 

It was on Nation 60's Radio the other day. 

[tm4tj]

Lot's of truth in that song...

In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube

[Jack Waddington]

Got a slice in the Courier this morning, looks like the Battery Farm's main problems have been ironed out and the only one left is Green Space loss. Next review is next wednesday but the committee are visiting the site before then.

[highlandexile]

Still being recomended for refusal.

[Yngwie]

Oh dear. Looks like the club have done well to remove some of the grounds for refusal but there is absolutely nothing that can be done to prevent the loss of a small amount of open space, it’s a pretty inherent part of any development.

[Stephen Malkmus]

The councillors on the committee now have good grounds to ignore any concerns relating to noise or ecology as their officers are happy with the scheme in terms of those issues.

At the last committee meeting, those seemed like bigger concerns to them than the loss of the open space. I reckon the committee will overrule the officer's recommendation and it will get approved.

[CaleyCanary]

That sounds very logical Stephen but I’ve found over the years that logic and common sense quite often fly out of the window at committee when personal agendas come into play. I’ve no idea if that would be an issue in this particular case but nothing ever surprises me when councillors are involved.

[+Fraz]

13 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Got a slice in the Courier this morning, looks like the Battery Farm's main problems have been ironed out and the only one left is Green Space loss. Next review is next wednesday but the committee are visiting the site before then.

If that's the only issue, it would be laughable if it's refused as there seems to be no issues with any other greenspace being gobbled up by Tulloch or any other developers for building houses. 

[wilsywilsy]

15 hours ago, Fraz said:

If that's the only issue, it would be laughable if it's refused as there seems to be no issues with any other greenspace being gobbled up by Tulloch or any other developers for building houses. 

Not quite as straight forward as that. The land is part of the protected green space in the Inner Moray Firth Development Plan. The locations where volume builders, like Tulloch Homes, get to cram in their streets of identical and over priced boxes is marked on that same long term plan as development land.

[wilsywilsy]

Anyone asked for, or seen, any data that backs up the claims this project is the equivalent of planting a million trees? Or the data that shows how it will make the club wealthier than the King (and not line the pockets of the allegedly "invested" individuals closely associated to the board room)?

I ask because I noticed two of the biggest financial players in this space, Gresham House Energy Storage Fund and Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, have been getting an absolute hounding on the markets over the last 6 months. Related news coverage suggests it is because of serious concerns about the funds ability to provide dividend cover i.e. the markets expecting the dividends to get slashed due to revenues dropping off.

Edited January 31, 2024 by wilsywilsy

[STFU]

I'm confident it'll be every bit as successful as the concerts.

[gingerjaggy]

So it has been passed 

[gingerjaggy]

Was a close run thing passed by 1 vote. Chair backed to refuse and that was seconded but only had 5 councillors allowed to vote and passed by 3 to 2. They have got through by the skin of their teeth

Edited February 7, 2024 by gingerjaggy

[Stephen Malkmus]

On 1/30/2024 at 12:46 PM, Stephen Malkmus said:

I reckon the committee will overrule the officer's recommendation and it will get approved.

And that's The Malkmus Guarantee.

[Jack Waddington]

We're in the money, we're in the money etc etc