Since June last year, Scottish ministers had been holding back on giving consent until they were content suitable measures would be put in place to deal with traffic congestion.

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The farm, which is popular with families and attracts 2, 000 visitors a day at peak times, said suitable control measures were in place and it would not reopen until it had got to the root of the problem.

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