Meeting about Raac homes abandoned after 10 minutes

Hundreds of properties in Aberdeen were found to contain Raac

A special Aberdeen City Council meeting to discuss the Raac crisis in the city has been abandoned after 10 minutes.

Former council leader Alex Nicoll was among 12 councillors who had called for the meeting to look at ways to fund a settlement for residents who face losing their homes.

The meeting's chairman, council co-leader Ian Yuill, said proper procedures had not been followed.

Last month, the council voted to push ahead with plans to demolish more than 500 properties found to contain potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

Mr Yuill said a motion should have been submitted along with the requisition meeting notice.

He said: "Unfortunately, that requirement was not met in this instance.

"As such, I have determined that the motion in question cannot proceed.

"This decision is made to uphold the integrity of our proceedings and ensure fairness and consistency in how we conduct our meetings.

"On that basis, the business is complete, the meeting is ended."

Mr Yuill added it was "frustrating" the error led to a "waste of time" for the council's staff.

Mr Nicoll said the meeting could have gone ahead as planned.

He added: "The simple thing would have been for officers to come back and simply say they want both documents together in which case it could have been withdrawn and resubmitted without any issue."

Mr Nicoll said the motion and requisition request would now be resubmitted.