Town & Country Planning

East Ayrshire Council

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE DUNLOP HOUSE, DUNLOP (PROVISIONAL) TREE

PRESERVATION ORDER 2006

East Ayrshire Council, acting under the powers conferred on them by Sections 160, 161 and 163 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and subject to the Forestry Act 1967 on 25th April 2006 made The Dunlop House, Dunlop (Provisional) Tree Preservation Order 2006 in respect of trees in the estate lands surrounding Dunlop House, Dunlop, the Order having been made because these trees form one of the greatest single concentrations of estate woodlands in this part of Ayrshire and are a significant feature of the local landscape. They also form an attractive setting for the grade B listed Dunlop House. The majority of the woodlands are designated ancient woodlands and have been identified by the Scottish Wildlife Trust as constituting a listed wildlife site of botanical interest and ornithological value.

This Order contains a direction under Section 163 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 the effect of which is that the said Order took effect provisionally on 25th April 2006, and shall continue in force until the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the date on which the Order was made or the date on which the Order is confirmed, whichever first occurs.

A Certified copy of the said Tree Preservation Order and relative map may be inspected at the Planning and Building Control Division, 6 Croft Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1JB between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm from Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 4.00pm on Fridays.

You may make objections or representations with respect to the Order to the Planning Authority in accordance with Regulation 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 1975 as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations, 1981.

REGULATION 7

(1) Every objection or representation to the Planning Authority with respect to an Order shall be made in writing, shall state the grounds thereof and specify the particular trees, group of trees or woodlands in respect of which it is made.

(2) An objection or representation shall be duly made if it complies with paragraph (1) of this Regulation and is received by the Planning Authority within 28 days from the date of the service of the notice of the making of the Order or the date of the publication of the notice by advertisement as the case may be.

David Mitchell, Head of Administrative and Legal Services

Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock.

28 April 2006.