SCOTLAND'S richest man is locked in a new battle over a spaceport that neighbours his land. Anders Holch Povlsen, who launched an unsuccessful legal challenge to overturn planning consent for Sutherland Spaceport , is now fighting a proposal to move the facility’s antenna park to the top of an iconic mountain. 2 Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife Anne Holch Povlsen Credit: AP:Associated Press 2 He launched an unsuccessful legal challenge to overturn planning consent for Sutherland Spaceport Mr Povlsen’s conservation and ecotourism company, Wildland Ltd, is objecting to the controversial plan to separate the antenna park from the main spaceport site on the A’Mhoine peninsula and instead install it some five miles away on the summit of the 302m high Ben Tongue.
Wildland Ltd is now calling on members of Highland Council’s North Planning Applications Committee (NPAC), who are expected to determine the planning application later this year, to visit the site before making a decision. The company’s objection, prepared by Wildland Ltd planning consultant Ian Kelly, states: “It is considered absolutely essential that the councillors conduct a full and detailed site visit to the Ben Tongue location before determining this application.” Eight objections to the plan have so far been received, including one from Rachel and Ian Broughton who live at the foot of Ben Tongue and from Hamish Whittle, Skerray, who said the proposal would “destroy” Ben Tongue and was an act of �.