FPA-12349
Gilkerscleugh Roadside
Expired Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Nearest town
- Biggar
- Local authority
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Conservancy
- Central Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NS897238
Key dates
- Application registered 11 March 2025
- Application accepted 11 March 2025
- Consultation opens 12 March 2025
- Consultation closes 9 April 2025
- Decision issued 9 June 2025
- Restocking due Unknown
Area
- Total area
- 0.75 ha
- Conifer
- 0.75 ha
Official source
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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Track changes
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First captured
- Status when first captured
- Expired
Earlier changes may not have been captured.
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 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
- Felling area
- 0.75 ha
- Estimated volume
- 300 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 0.75 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.75 ha | 60 yr | 1,500 | 300 m³ | n/a |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 58.67% | 0.44 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 1 | Replant felled area | Mixed native broadleaves | 37.33% | 0.28 ha | 1,100 | — | — |
| 1 | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 4% | 0.03 ha | — | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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.
No SSSIs within 2 km.
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NS 896 238
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Alluvial soils
Map unit 1
Mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils
- Soil association
- Alluvial Soils
- Parent material
- Recent riverine and lacustrine alluvial deposits
- Landform
- Flood plains with river terraces and former lake beds
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Alluvial_loamy_wet · 25% Mineral alluvial soils
- Alluvial_sandy_dry · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
- Alluvial_sandy_wet · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
- Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
- Alluvial_loamy_dry · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
- Alluvial_silty_clay · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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