Members of the planning review committee overturned planning officials’ recommendations that the development on a site to the west of Castlewood, Glen Road, Torwood, should be refused.
The councillors were not swayed by pleas from objectors and evidence from Scottish Forestry, who argued that Torwood’s woodland has shrunk over the years, and should be protected from any further development.
Resident Andrew Gardiner, told councillors that he had seen and photographed a red squirrel while pine martens had also been spotted in the area.
