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CB297599

Queensberry Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gilmawhallen/Laird's Rig
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS869010

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 28 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 August 2013
  3. Consultation opens 3 September 2013
  4. Consultation closes 1 October 2013
  5. Decision issued 6 September 2013

Area

Total area
4.80 ha
Conifer
4.20 ha
Broadleaf
0.60 ha

Official source

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CB297599

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH21_0469_0470_0523_0524 Gilmawhallan

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_1232

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 879 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_1048-1050

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 927 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0721

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 961 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0508-0509

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Carron Water and Hapland Burn

Site 333

Official SiteLink record for Carron Water and Hapland Burn
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 8.84 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 868 010

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 180

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Durisdeer
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones of Permian and Carboniferous age, greywackes and basic igneous rocks
Landform
Depressions and gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • DURISDEER(BFSG) · 50% Brown earths
  • DURISDEER(NCG) · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.