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FPA-12010

Taeholm Burn, Queensberry Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Taeholm Burn
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS827034

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 November 2024
  2. Application accepted 6 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 12 December 2024
  4. Consultation closes 23 January 2025
  5. Decision issued 29 January 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
13.69 ha
Conifer
10.09 ha

Official source

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FPA-12010

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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
9 Dec 2024 – 1 Aug 2026
Felling area
13.69 ha
Estimated volume
7,200 m³
Proposed restocking
13.69 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
3275A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.62 ha 36 yr 7,000 2,000 m³
3267A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.36 ha 36 yr 600 200 m³
3267B Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.85 ha 36 yr 3,500 800 m³
3277A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.74 ha 36 yr 3,300 950 m³
3277C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.57 ha 36 yr 7,000 2,000 m³
3278B Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.75 ha 36 yr 3,500 800 m³
3278C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 36 yr 1,500 450 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
3275A Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 3.14% 0.43 ha 1,600
3275B Replant felled Sitka spruce area 23.3% 3.19 ha 2,500
3276A Replant felled Norway spruce area 13.73% 1.88 ha 2,500
3276B Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 2.41% 0.33 ha 1,600
3277A Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 3.36% 0.46 ha 1,600
3277B Replant felled Sitka spruce area 9.35% 1.28 ha 2,500
3277C Replant felled Sitka spruce area 26.08% 3.57 ha 2,500
3278B Replant felled Norway spruce area 18.63% 2.55 ha 2,500
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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

STH18_0950

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 431 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH16_0225_Long_Knowe

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 692 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0857 Blackwood Plantation

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 902 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0951_B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0951_A

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km 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 · NS 826 033

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 226

Peaty gleyed podzols with brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with simple convex steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 70% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Linhope · 30% Brown earths
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.