Council Chiex Exec Joyce White and Sheephill Quarry - photo by Turkey Red Media
RESIDENTS say they feel “badly let down” by the decision to instruct councillors to rethink the refusal of planning permission for a quarry near their homes.
The planning committee at West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC) agreed last month, by a 5-4 vote, to refuse permission for the extension of Sheephill Quarry near Milton.
The committee also agreed to grant a Review of Minerals Permission (ROMP) to modernise the terms and conditions under which the quarry operates.
But the Reporter revealed last week that council chief executive Joyce White has used her powers under the authority’s standing orders to refer the committee’s decision to a full council meeting to be reconsidered.