Compensation owed by East Renfrewshire Council if it revokes planning permission for a battery energy storage plant in Eaglesham could hit more than £4m, a new report reveals.

There have been calls for a U-turn on the decision to approve construction of a 40MW facility on greenbelt land to the east side of Glasgow Road.

Campaigners who oppose the development by GPC 1337 Ltd, a subsidiary of Apatura, say they are concerned about their safety as lithium-ion batteries pose a possible fire risk.

Conservative councillors previously had a motion which pushed for revocation ruled incompetent. They returned with a request for officials to set out the necessary legal steps and cost of the revocation process.

That report has now been compiled — and all East Renfrewshire councillors are set

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