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FPA-13527

Acregate

Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 33
Nearest town
Rigside
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS945369

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 June 2026
  2. Application accepted 25 June 2026
  3. Consultation opens 22 September 2026
  4. Consultation closes 20 October 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
11.71 ha
Conifer
9.19 ha
Broadleaf
0.08 ha

Official source

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FPA-13527

Find FPA-13527 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 23 September 2026 · last seen on the register 23 September 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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

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
3 Sept 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
Felling area
11.71 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
11.71 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
33 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.08 ha 33 yr 125 Tape
33 Clear Felling Scots pine 2.43 ha 33 yr 3,600 Tape
33 Clear Felling Norway spruce 2.44 ha 33 yr 6,000 Tape
33 Clear Felling Japanese larch 1 ha 33 yr 2,500 Tape
33 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 5.76 ha 33 yr 14,375 Tape

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
33 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 22.72% 2.66 ha 1,600
33 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 6.66% 0.78 ha 3,000
33 Replant felled area Norway spruce 20.84% 2.44 ha 2,500
33 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 40.56% 4.75 ha 2,500
33 Create Designed Open Ground 9.22% 1.08 ha

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

Tinto Hills

Site 1540

Official SiteLink record for Tinto Hills
Designation MIXED Proximity 291 m away Published area 1,480.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 945 369

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 465

Brown earths

Soil association
Sorn
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Quothquan · 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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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.