When is consultation not a consultation?
By bellmannews / May 8, 2026Dear Bellman When is consultation not a consultation? There are, of course, many answers to that question but in Aberdeenshire, it seems, it is when Council Officers use it to […]
Dear Bellman When is consultation not a consultation? There are, of course, many answers to that question but in Aberdeenshire, it seems, it is when Council Officers use it to […]
Dear Bellman, Further to my letter of April 1st, thanks to Aberdeenshire Council Business Services, I now have the breakdown of the £286,533 cost of essential repairs to Stonehaven library. […]
Dear Bellman The age of miracles may have arrived in that Evan PLC, (Pot Hole County) may soon be renamed Evan Street, after the Council has eventually identified where the […]
Dear Bellman, I have to make a confession. I posed a very difficult question to Aberdeenshire Council. “When prior to 2025 were the potholes in Evan Street dealt with?” It […]
Dear Bellman On Saturday, I attended a meeting at the Library about a possible move from its current location to Viewmount. Only people who are registered users got an invitation. […]
Dear Bellman, Historically recorded – “URIE HOUSE is a fine mansion in the Elizabethan style dating from 1855. The residence of Sir Alexander Baird of Urie, Bart., the Lord-Lieutenant of […]
Dear Bellman, The reasons for recent refusal of a Tesco Supermarket for Stonehaven are flawed. It constitutes the material fallacy of the consequent (non sequitur) and a (retail) mathematical fallacy […]
Dear Bellman I am reliably informed that Tesco intend to appeal the decision to refuse their application for a supermarket in Stonehaven (see editor’s note below). That decision was made […]
Dear Bellman The decision by the ruling Tory/Lib Dem group on Aberdeenshire Council to remove 1200 grit bins from communities across the region must rank as one of the most […]
Dear Bellman I’m pleased to share some quite incredible news My novel, Secrets of Dunnottar Castle, has sold out its entire first print run in just three weeks, with all 100 […]