Moreville 2 Kincaid Field Milton Of Campsie East Dunbartonshire G66 8ER

1. 1.By reason of the siting of the proposed development within the designated greenbelt, the proposed development is not considered to be sited within a sustainable location. As such, it considered to be contrary to National Planning Framework 4 Policy 8 - Green Belts' which only supports development located within green belts in a range of circumstances which are not achieved by the proposed development. Accordingly, the proposals are also contrary to Local Development Plan 2 Policy 1 - The East Dunbartonshire Development Strategy which notes that "there will be general a presumption against development within the green belt as defined on the Proposals Map" and provides support for the redevelopment or reuse of brownfield land but only where these are located "within sustainable locations in the urban area or brownfield land with acceptable green belt uses".
2. 2.By reason of the proposals being enabled by the prior felling of trees within land designated as a 'nearly native' woodland', the application is considered to be contrary to NPF4 Policy 6 - Forestry Woodland and Trees which notes that development proposals will not be supported "where they will result in impacts on native woodlands, hedgerows and individual trees of high biodiversity value" and that "development proposals involving woodland removal will only be supported where they will achieve significant and clearly defined additional public benefits in accordance with relevant Scottish Government policy on woodland removal". The felling of trees within the 'nearly native woodland' is also contrary to LDP2 Policy 17 'Natural Environment' which states that development will "protect, enhance and maintain ancient semi-natural woodlands, hedgerows and significant trees and that woodland removal "will only be permitted where it would achieve significant and clearly defined additional public benefits. Where woodland is removed in association with development, developers will generally be expected to provide compensatory planting, in line with the no net loss of biodiversity requirement".
3. 3.By reason of the proposals being enabled by the prior felling of trees which are subject to statutory protection under a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) which is considered contrary to the provisions of the Design and Placemaking Supplementary Guidance which requires single dwelling plots and small infill site be capable of development without significant loss of trees. Lik The following documents make up the decided application and can be found by searching for TP/ED/25/0599 on the council's Search Planning Application page (http://planning.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/online-applications): PL01 APPLICATION PL03 PROPOSED SITE PLAN PL04 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PL05 LOCATION PLAN Executive Office of Land Planning and Development (SEE OVER) TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

G66 8ER

Date validated

21 November 2025

Architect profile

COLIN HOUSTON - ARCHITECTURE LIMITED