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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