FPA-11949

Blairquhan Castle

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling
SF - Selective Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source ↗ · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Blairquhan Harvesting 2025
Nearest town: Straiton
Local authority: South Ayrshire Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS356055
Total area: 14.55 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 7 October 2024
Application accepted 3 October 2024
Consultation opens 16 December 2024
Consultation closes 27 January 2025
Decision issued 28 January 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11949

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 1 Mar 2025 – 1 Jun 2025
Felling area: 14.55 ha
Estimated volume: 4,700 m³
Proposed restocking: 14.55 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Mixed conifers Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Clearfell	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.22 ha	40 yr	2,600	2,500 m³	—
THIN	Selective Felling	Mixed conifers	5.67 ha	50 yr	2,200	2,000 m³	—
THIN	Selective Felling	Mixed broadleaves	5.67 ha	50 yr	200	200 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Clearfell	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed broadleaves	22.13%	3.22 ha	1,600	—	—
Thin	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed broadleaves	77.87%	11.33 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA01831 High Garphar Farm	Location Maybole South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 566 m away	Area 0.24 ha	Decision issued 20 Jan 2017
FLA02085 High Garphar Farm	Location Maybole South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 728 m away	Area 0.33 ha	Decision issued 25 Apr 2017
FPA-7900 Kirkbride Estate	Location Maybole East Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 15.17 ha	Decision issued 23 Jun 2021
FLA03104 Kirkbride Estate	Location Crosshill South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 8.66 ha	Decision issued 5 Jun 2018
FLA00834 Kirkbride Estate	Location Crosshill South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 4.91 ha	Decision issued 15 Dec 2015

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
24FGS83099 Knockgardner Woodland Creation	Location Dalmellington South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 138.12 ha	Approved 24 Feb 2025
17FGS23457 Bennan Hill 2	Location South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 57.23 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
20FGS52643 Lower Curroch Woodland Creation	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 4.52 ha	Approved 22 Dec 2020
18FGS33819 Cairnhill Woodland Creation	Location South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 61.65 ha	Approved 6 Jun 2019
16FGS07358 Sclenteuch Forest RR 2017	Location East Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 29 Nov 2018

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
8 Sept 2026, 20:47 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 10:01 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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