Below is correspondence in relation to the so called 'Blastzone' the Glasgow council gave as part of the reason they 'gifted' Westhorn to celtic plc.

Please read this in conjunction with the Football Tax Havens article on the same matter. https://footballtaxhavens.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/health-safety-executive-blasts-westhorn-unknown-zone-gcc-valuation-to-bits/

Further to my letter of 25th March, 2014 I have further evidence of a so-called ‘exclusion zone’ within the Westhorn land purchased by Celtic Football Club (CFC) and Glasgow City Council (GCC).
Please find attached in [Appendix 1] letters between a colleague and the HSE, and a subsequent e-mail exchange [Appendix 2]. As you can see, there has to be some level of confidentiality with such exchanges of information, as the depot could be singled out for terrorist attack.

I have attached the drawing from the HSE, showing the Consultation Zones [Appendix 3]. This drawing shows the three Consultation Dimensions (CD) Inner, Mid and Outer; the Outer being set at approximately 75m all around the John Dewar works boundary. More detail of how these dimensions are arrived at is contained in my letter of 25/03/2014.

I arrived at the conclusion before that no such zone existed, probably brought about by the need for some degree of secrecy. My assumption has been proven to be incorrect.
However, I was given information verbally in a follow up call to the HSE, when it was confirmed that construction was not prohibited. Certain types of industrial building would be allowed within this CD, for example a factory or office building up to two storeys high, with around a maximum of one hundred workers.

Therefore, the land most certainly does have a value. This part of the land is adjacent similar other warehouses, works and the like. The remainder of the land is available for domestic development.

I would suggest that GCC have been economical with the truth with respect to their valuation, on two counts.
Firstly, they have stated that some 6.5 acres could not be developed, and secondly, that the remaining 7 acres had no worth whatsoever.

The land highlighted in [Appendix 3] accounts for only 24% of the total of 13.5 acres, which is equal to 3.24 acres.

I would suggest that that area always had worth, and certainly worth much more than handing it to CFC for free; and by doubling the area at that.
A recalculation, done properly would be similar to the following:

160 units were proposed for the calculation affecting the area originally evaluated of 7 acres.
That area would be increased to 10.26 acres (13.5 – 3.24 above).
The 10.26 acres could support 235 units, by direct proportion.
Now, 235 units at £26,187.50 = £6,154,062.50.

The remaining 3.2 acres would fetch around £1,950,000.00.
I would suggest that the true value of Westhorn is/was £8,104,062.50 or thereby, and without deduction, as I have already forwarded evidence in full in my last letter, that ‘abnormals’ do not exist.
Further investigation is currently underway, as there appears to be discrepancies with the manner in which the charges have been registered with Companies House.
I believe that it is now beyond reasonable doubt that CFC have been favoured by State Aid, and again, that the citizens of Glasgow have been deprived of some £7.5M had the deals been carried out correctly, and transparently between the parties.

In the light of all these matter's it is now imperative that these things are brought to the attention, of the Scottish Government, Audit Scotland and politicians who represent the people of Scotland. This is a classic case of misappropriation of public funds, and those guilty of this must be held to account.

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