When consent was originally given for the construction of 28 dwellings on land on either side of what is now Seymour Drive back in 1999 the case officer was at pains to stress:

There is to be woodland planting on land to the north, south and west of the residential area, which will help assimilate the development into the overall landscape. Landscaping details have been submitted in consultation with the Council’s Landscape and Forestry Officer and are considered to be acceptable. An open space area is to be provided to the north of the residential estate for use by the general public. The land comprising the woodland planting and open space is to be adopted and managed by the Council following payment of a commuted sum by the applicants.

The applicants now claim that no landscaping scheme on the site was ever implemented and that as a consequence condition 7 is unenforceable.

However evidence the Society has uncovered would appear to demonstrate that this is not the case and in our view the application should be refused.