Renfrewshire Council has scrapped plans to build a 20-bedroom immigration holding facility near Glasgow Airport.

Councillors unanimously rejected proposals for the facility during a meeting of the Planning and Property Policy Board on Tuesday, 08 November.

It was anticipated the centre would be used as short-term holding facility by the Home Office and had been recommended for approval with conditions by planning officers.

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Cllr Terry Kelly said members were "unanimously of the view" that the project would be contrary to the council's Adopted Renfrewshire Local Development Plan.

"There was clear concern it would be detrimental to the economic development of the Glasgow Airport Investment Area - one of the key economic drivers for the city region," he said.

"Members agreed that there was no established identifiable functional link between the proposal and Glasgow Airport's operations.

"The proposed facility's location in a commercial and industrial area would  also introduce an inappropriate use through the attendant noise, activity and disturbance."

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