A house, biomass shed and timber yard may now be built at Cookney (to the east of the former church), the Scottish Government’s planning appeals division has decided.

Local councillors had previously turned down the application for planning permission, however the government’s reporter has concluded that “although the proposed development did not accord overall with the relevant provisions of the development plan, granting planning permission is still justified by material considerations relating to the forced relocation of the business by the construction of the AWPR.”