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Scottish Government & Glasgow City Council deceived EU. Westthorn should have been valued with no restrictions on Access Road.

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As they say in Scotland when the game is up. “The game’s a bogey”. And it is for the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council and any associated parties pertaining to the Westthorn land transaction between the council and Celtic PLC. Number of Units sets Westthorn Price Firstly from the Scottish Government EU letter July … Continue reading →

Amazingly the only Glasgow City Council Geotechnical department study on Westthorn ever done is a couple of pages from 1998

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Isn’t it incredible that even though Westthorn has been subject to an EU State Aid complaint in 2013 involving Glasgow City Council, Celtic and the Scottish Government that the only ‘geotechnical report’ produced by the council is a 1998 3 page Geotechncial Desk Study Preliminary report lacking any evidence to base any conclusions. Really the report is … Continue reading →

Richard Brown Exec Dir of Development and Regeneration Services Glasgow City Council’s lies renders EU State Aid case defence Null & Void

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From his Glasgow Chamber of Commerce profile, Richard Brown was made Executive Director of Development and Regeneration Services (DRS) at Glasgow City council in March 2012.  From his profile from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce you can see he started in Strathclyde Regional Council 1988 then joined Glasgow City Council in 1996. From there he … Continue reading →

Savills Report needs to be condemned as unsafe. SEPA & Scottish Water say no contamination on Westthorn.

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Below we take apart the Savills Report & Valuation November 2013 used by the Scottish Government to base their arguments to the EU Competition Directorate that there was no EU State Case to answer. Under 3.0 Location and Situation: So Belvidere Village, which had nothing to do with the Commonwealth games, is local authority and older … Continue reading →

The NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Financial Disaster that is the Lennox Castle Hospitals deals

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Audit Scotland, given copies of the details below, refused to examine the financial disaster that is the sale and development of the former Lennox Castle Hospital lands by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC). Somehow NHSGGC contrived to dispose of prime land, invest in housebuilding on another part while ending up with a large debt … Continue reading →

Belvidere next door to Westthorn: Sold in 2005 for £8 Million after Abnormals deducted. Westthorn should have been at least £3 million.

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This FOI gives us the information that Belvidere sold for over £8 million after deductions for Abnormals. The Gross figure was over £15 million. It was sold to Kier Homes in 2005. Belvidere was 11.82 Hectares. That’s £699,769 say £700,000 per hectare or £280,539 per acre. Westthorn was 5.46 hectares. Let’s take off the ‘blast zone’ amount of 0.7 … Continue reading →