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FPA-12294

Wild Oak Woods

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Wild Oak Woods
Nearest town
Dalbeattie
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX882560

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 17 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 14 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 14 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
4.29 ha
Conifer
4.14 ha
Broadleaf
0.15 ha

Official source

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FPA-12294

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
1 Mar 2025 – 1 Dec 2025
Felling area
4.29 ha
Estimated volume
2,307 m³
Proposed restocking
4.29 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
5 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.63 ha 55 yr 1,575 343 m³
17 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.24 ha 55 yr 600 131 m³
21 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.34 ha 55 yr 850 185 m³
24 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.01 ha 55 yr 25 3 m³
4 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.01 ha 55 yr 25 3 m³
25 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.06 ha 55 yr 150 18 m³
28 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.02 ha 55 yr 50 11 m³
29 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.01 ha 55 yr 25 3 m³
30 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.02 ha 55 yr 50 11 m³
31 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 55 yr 75 9 m³
10 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.53 ha 55 yr 3,825 835 m³
13 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.01 ha 55 yr 25 3 m³
14 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.79 ha 55 yr 1,975 431 m³
16 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.25 ha 55 yr 625 136 m³
20 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.34 ha 55 yr 850 185 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
ALL Restock by natural regeneration Downy birch 24.99% 1.07 ha 1,600
ALL Restock by natural regeneration Oak 25.01% 1.07 ha 1,600
ALL Restock by natural regeneration Hazel 25.01% 1.07 ha 1,600
ALL Restock by natural regeneration Sitka spruce 24.99% 1.07 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

Site 1583

Official SiteLink record for Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 17,224.16 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 882 559

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 114

Brown earths

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Hills with complex strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dalbeattie · 100% Brown earths
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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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