Bid to block Aberdeen park conversion fails

A legal bid to stop Aberdeen City Council (ACC) using part of a park to develop an Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) has been rejected.

An appeal was lodged with the Court of Session in an attempt to protect St Fittick's Park in Torry – close to Aberdeen's new South Harbour – from any future development.

Campaigners had warned that it was the last green space in the area and said closing it would add to rising levels of pollution.

A petition was rejected last year, and now an appeal has also been turned down.