kilmacolm 2012

Kilmacolm – Milton Wood

Site description

7.339  This objection site comprises 31ha of land forming what is shown in figure 3.6 of the local plan as a 'sensitive wedge' of countryside/green belt on the south side of Lochwinnoch  Road.     The western  part  of  the site is an area of mature mixed woodland,  while the eastern  part  is a series of long narrow fields of rough (horse) grazing.   At the northern end there  is  a gatehouse and  stone gate posts,  with  the former driveway to Duchal House running south through the woodland.  To the east of  the gatehouse  are 2 police  houses and then a small gap before the Lochwinnoch Road bridge over the former railway line, which at this point is in cutting with almost vertical rock sides.  At the southern end of the site, the woodland extends east right up to the former railway line which passes from cutting on to an embankment.

7.340  The landform of  the eastern part of the site  is undulating,  with  a number of minor ridges and valleys crossing from east to  west and the land generally falling south to the Gryffe Water. There are 2 knolls towards the north end of the site, the southern one having exposed rock.  The southern end of the site has gentler slopes.

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