Scottish Borders Council

Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 The Scottish Borders Council Tree Preservation Order No 59 (2022)

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Scottish Borders Council, the planning authority for the area under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the above mentioned Act on 15 June 2022 made the above Tree Preservation Order in respect of a group of trees, woodland at Medwyn Drive, West Linton.

The Council is of the opinion that collectively the group of trees, woodland provide screening and aesthetic local landscape value to Medwyn Drive and Medwyn Road, West Linton.
A certified copy of the Order (including a map) will be available for inspection at the Council's Contact Centre at High Street Peebles EH45 8AG during normal opening hours and at Planning, Housing and Related Services, Corporate Improvement and Economy, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells TD6 OSA during normal working hours.

The Order contains a Direction under Section 163 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to the effect that the Order shall take effect provisionally on 15 June 2022 and shall continue in force by virtue of the said Section until expiry of a period of six months beginning with the date on which the Order was made or until the date on which the Order is confirmed, whichever first occurs. Any objections or representations in respect of the Order must be made in writing to the Chief Executive, The Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells within 28 days of this Notice.

Every such objection or representation must, unless it is an objection to the Order as a whole, specify the particular tree or group of trees, or woodland in respect of which it is made and the grounds thereof.

Jane Webster, Solicitor, Council Headquarters Newtown St Boswells 15 June 2022

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