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CB59812

Queensberry South - Morton Wood

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Morton Wood
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX891988

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 28 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 14 May 2012
  3. Consultation opens 6 June 2012
  4. Consultation closes 4 July 2012
  5. Decision issued 11 July 2012

Area

Total area
3.50 ha
Conifer
3.08 ha
Broadleaf
0.02 ha

Official source

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CB59812

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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.

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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

STH19_0405

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 141 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0443_0444_a

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 279 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0251_0467_0521-0522 Morton Wood

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 427 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0568_1281-1283 Morton Wood

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 449 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0444_b

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 613 m 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 891 987

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 288

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Hayfield
Parent material
Drifts derived from sediments of Carboniferous and Permian age
Landform
Hummocky moraines and depressions
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Porterstown · 70% Brown earths
  • Barraby · 30% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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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Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 2.52 ha Approved

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.