An Angus naturist has won the right to “sunbathe in the buff” when a new school is built close to his back yard.

Muirfield Primary will swap places with its playing fields in a £8.7 million move as part of the Arbroath Schools Project after it was approved unanimously by councillors.

However, 74-year-old Antoni Bogulak, who lives near the playing field, raised concerns with councillors at the committee meeting that he would no longer be able to relax nude in his garden, as one of the windows in the school may overlook it.

He said: “I have been a naturist for 40 years and if this one window is in the line of sight of my garden, then it will affect my ability to occasionally sunbathe in the buff.

“I have no need to cause offence, so I would have no option but to stop being a naturist.

“It’s something I enjoy. If I can lie in the sun for an hour with no clothes on, it’s better than lying in a tight swimming costume.”

Councillors accepted Mr Bogulak’s fears and attached a condition that the window in question, which would be positioned in the stairwell of school, be frosted over.