Councillor Willie Boyle, SNP, was critical of suggestions that wildlife would be unaffected, adding: “I am really concerned about the impact on the wildlife corridor.”

He added: “ I am really concerned about the number of houses that could be affected - potentially hundreds. There is no solid understanding by the developers as to the genuine concerns of the communities.” Seafield councillor Kirsteen Sullivan, Lab, said: “There are many ifs and buts. I hear very little certainty in terms of protection for the environment and the villagers. Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. Residents who voiced their objections at the planning hearing in August and raised fears about the fungus said they felt ignored.A majority voted for Councillor Boyle’s motion, rejecting the plan by 11 to 3. Read More Related Articles When Frenchman Jean Cayard established La Martiniquaise in 1934 as a rum importer and domestic distribution company, he would have no idea it would grow to become the second-largest spirits group in France, and the fifth largest Scotch whisky producer in the world. Although the La Martiniquaise group claims to be France’s second-largest spirits group and is owner of two Scottish distilleries (among an extensive portfolio that also includes rhum and Port) it prefers to keep itself out of the glare of publicity. If we decide not to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms, such decision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). Starlaw distillery (sometimes known as Glen Turner distillery) is a grain whisky distillery located at Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland.

The distillery opened in 2010 and is owned by French drinks group La Martiniquaise, as part of its Scottish subsidiary Glen Turner Company, The group established the First Blending Company in 2004 as a subsidiary to build and operate a huge 28-hectare maturation, blending and bottling facility in Bathgate, Edinburgh. Our Service is an online platform which provides Members with information (e.g. bottle facts, market-indices, market values and prices) on (mostly) whisky and allows Members to add information to the platform. We do not sell, nor does the Service provide any option to buy, any alcoholic products. A spokesman for the Scottish Government said that legal agreements still had to be signed between the council and developers for the distillery plans, and for a housing development in East Whitburn on Hen’s Nest Road, which has also been granted on appeal.

Glen Turner said it would consider widening a proposed clean-up zone to include surrounding communities, if there was evidence that the fungus spread - leading one councillor to ask whether it was possible to steam-clean trees. Along with Glen Moray distillery in Speyside it provides whisky for the company's Cutty Sark and Label 5 blended Scotch whisky brands. [1] The reporters have taken full account of submissions made by all parties, including those from members of the local community. As the cases are still live it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of the proposals at this stage.” Read More Related ArticlesGlen Turner is part of the French firm La Martiniquaise which blends Label 5, one of France’s biggest selling whiskies. It described the plan as “a logical and sustainable development.” Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. While only three jobs would be created initially, with the plan creating at most 15 employment opportunities in the local area, planners were in favour of the proposals. The plan to build Scotland’s first new green-field grain distillery for 40 years started in 2007 and the project was completed three years later. With a capacity of 25 million litres, the plant is fully integrated within the firm’s existing facility. Although France’s La Martiniquaise group was founded in 1934, it didn’t start working with Scotch until 1969 when it launched the Label 5 blended whisky brand.