Planning application
Barr Castle Barr Street Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8HU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed pollarding to height of 5 metres of 1no. Willow tree and felling of 1no. dieback-afflicted Ash tree.
As published by the council, reference 25/0499/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0499/TCA
- Type
- Tree Works in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 30 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Irvine Valley
- Parish
- Galston
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- KA4 8HU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
9 Oct 2025
Received by East Ayrshire
-
30 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
-
29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- Report of handling
- Decision letter
- Approved location plan
- Block plan
- Approved trees overhanging highway
- T1 touching building and blocking pathway
- Ash through willow
- Building clear
- Entrance clear
- Highway clear
- Brocken branch
- Block plan (with tree heights)
- Location plan (position of tree)
- Approved extent of die back
- Approved dead wood falling out of tree
- Approved proposed pollard
- Approved encroaching on historical building
- Approved tree blocking disabled entrance
- Application form
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
East Ayrshire granted permission on 12 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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