Image by Ken Hawkins/TheDigitelImage by 20090626-angel-oak.jpg The tree 1,400-year-old tree is so massive it needs mans' help to stay intact on some branches.

A scaled-back, but still controversial development proposal for land next to the ancient Angel Oak went before city review on Thursday.

Read more stories on this subject in our Angel Oak topic page.And The Post and Courier reports, that at long last developers got their preliminary approval, with some criticism that the board wants to see addressed before the next two meeting.

Get the story (and a map of the development) over at the paper.