T IN THE PARK is taking a break next year.

The move was confirmed by festival bosses today and comes after planning conditions at the new Strathallan Castle Estate site have become “simply not workable”.

T has been run for 23 years by DF Concerts and Events in partnership with founding partner Tennent's Lager and was forced to move from its previous Balado site in Kinross.

In a statement “to the best audience in the world”, the festival said: “This move was a mammoth task for the event and one that was compounded by a series of onerous site restrictions placed upon us as preparations for the event in 2015 took place.

“As the build up to the festival was well underway we were informed by Scottish Government ministers that we would have to apply for full planning permission due to the presence of an unregistered, but protected in law, osprey's nest.

“The constraints – logistically and financially - that the resulting planning conditions put upon us are simply not workable. We tried our best to work with the pressures placed upon the site by bringing in an additional team and fixing the first year traffic issues, but ultimately we’re not in control of the overall site layout and the continued restrictions means that the negative impact on our fans and the limitations placed on their experience is too great.

“We now need to take stock and take a year out to try to resolve the issues so that we can once again deliver the kind of camping festival you are used to and deserve."

It added: “Until the next time...”