A Dundee councillor has condemned delays in deciding whether to approve a controversial biomass plant in the city, local newspaper The Courier has reported.

West end councillor Fraser Macpherson has described the delay in a decision for the proposed facility at King George V Wharf as ''18 months of uncertainty.''

A decision is expected within the next six months but was delayed last year pending the outcome of air quality tests at the site.

Mr Macpherson said: ''I was one of the councillors who was very concerned by the biomass application when it was first considered by the city council.

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''I feel that the SNP administration's non-decision to simply defer the application pending air quality tests has simply led to more than 18 months of uncertainty.

''The sooner the matter is determined, the better and this uncertainty and concern can end.''

The councillor called for air quality test results to be made public, and told the newspaper: ''Speaking with constituents, there is also a great deal of concern over other aspects of the biomass proposal - visual amenity and the large number of additional vehicle movements being examples.''

Fears the plant will make air in the area more polluted than it already is have resulted in strong opposition from some quarters.

If approved, it is thought the 100 megawatt plant could produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 160,000 homes and create up to 40 jobs.

(NE)