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FPA-12146

Sherifflats Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 1
Nearest town
Thankerton
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS977368

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 13 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 16 January 2025
  4. Consultation closes 13 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 18 February 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
0.98 ha
Conifer
0.98 ha

Official source

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FPA-12146

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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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  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 Mar 2027
Felling area
0.98 ha
Estimated volume
280 m³
Proposed restocking
0.98 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Lodgepole pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.85 ha 40 yr 1,200 265 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.13 ha 40 yr 50 15 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 45.92% 0.45 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled Norway spruce area 45.92% 0.45 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 8.16% 0.08 ha 1,600
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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

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Designation MIXED Proximity 400 m away Published area 1,480.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 976 367

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 516

Brown earths

Soil association
Symington
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from andesites
Landform
Moundy terraces with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Symington · 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.