Biased and unlawful

Scottish Greens leadership contender says appeal official is marking own homework

- DAN VEVERS

SNP ministers have been accused of “unlawful and biased” conduct in an appeal over Flamingo Land's controversial Loch Lomond resort.

The claim is part of a letter of complaint lodged by Green MSP Ross Greer through his lawyer - which also raises fears key documents may have been falsified.

It comes after the Scottish Government “called in” the £43million bid for a resort on the shore at Balloch, Dunbartonshire, proposed by theme park operator Flamingo Land.

Scottish Government civil servants had granted the planning application - overturning an earlier rejection by Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.