The Scottish Government has backed the local authority’s decision to order a company to replace a “significant” number of trees it is said to have felled in an area opposite Grange near Errol without proper permission.
Perth and Kinross Council served an enforcement notice on plant hire business Morris Leslie in August requiring it to rip out hardstanding laid at the site and plant new poplars to “remedy” the unauthorised development.
Council officials also demanded the company remove a quantity of soil said to have been deposited within remaining woodland at the site whilst ensuring no damage was done to any more trees during its removal.
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