The owner of the Whitehouse Woods site in Lamlash has received planning permission to cut back some of the trees in the area covered by a Tree Preservation Order.
Following a request by the roads authority seeking to make the trees – which overhang the A841 in Lamlash – comply with legislation, site owner Iain Thomson submitted the application which was approved, but subjected to a reduction in scope.
Consent was sought to undertake treeworks involving: crown lifting of a large beech tree to provide clearance of 5.1m above the public road and 2.5m above the associated footway; the removal of a dead tree; and the removal of seven smaller self-seeded trees around the perimeter of the grounds.