Planning board chief under fire again over Paisley housing decision
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Renfrewshire’s planning board chief has again been accused of “rushing through” a crunch decision on a major Paisley housing application.A special remote meeting of the board was held on Tuesday after convener Marie McGurk had not outlined her reasons for turning down proposals for more than 600 homes in the grounds of Dykebar Hospital during a meeting last week.She had received unanimous support from the board to reject the application but, due to the mishap, councillors had to re-convene to put on official record their reasons for the decision, which is a statutory requirement.During this second meeting, Conservative group leader Neill Graham was the