The applicant is Lama Yeshe Losal of the Rokpa Trust based at at Eskdalemuir in Dumfrieshire. The traditional ornamental Buddhist monument known as a stupa will sit on an 11-foot square plinth and be sited in the field in front of the retreat centre.

Traditionally stupas are structures for Buddhist worship and typically contain the remains of a Buddha or saint.

The Rokpa Trust acquired the former steading of Glenscorrodale in 1995 and after demolishing the farmhouse, built a long-term retreat centre for 21 men in 2004.

A six-foot high naga or water spirit shrine was built in the same field in 1997.