Environmental advisers have backed a controversial public housing development at part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course, but requested authorities revise the layout to preserve an area of woodland.

Despite giving the green light at a meeting on Wednesday, the Advisory Council on the Environment raised concerns over discrepancies between the findings of additional surveys on the development plans carried out by the government and the Hong Kong Golf Club.

“Among the eight additional pieces of information requested by the council, members have unanimously agreed that six of them have satisfied the requirements,” said Professor John Chai Yat-chiu, the council chairman. Fifteen of the council’s 20 members attended Wednesday’s meeting.