FPA-12087
Carfin Estate
Expired Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Carfin Estate
- Nearest town
- Crossford
- Local authority
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Conservancy
- Central Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NS852467
Key dates
- Application registered 6 December 2024
- Application accepted 13 December 2024
- Consultation opens 23 December 2024
- Consultation closes 20 January 2025
- Decision issued 1 May 2025
- Restocking due Unknown
Area
- Total area
- 4.44 ha
- Conifer
- 4.44 ha
Official source
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FPA-12087 Find FPA-12087 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.
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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First captured
- Status when first captured
- Expired
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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 Sept 2025 – 31 Oct 2025
- Felling area
- 4.44 ha
- Estimated volume
- 2,434 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 4.44 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carfin | Clear Felling | Hybrid larch | 0.34 ha | 45 yr | 90 | 150 m³ | n/a |
| Carfin | Clear Felling | Grand fir | 1.84 ha | 45 yr | 920 | 1,020 m³ | n/a |
| Carfin | Clear Felling | Grand fir | 1.67 ha | 45 yr | 835 | 940 m³ | n/a |
| Carfin | Clear Felling | Grand fir | 0.59 ha | 45 yr | 295 | 324 m³ | n/a |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carfin | Replant felled area | Mixed native broadleaves | 68.47% | 3.04 ha | 4,860 | — | — |
| Carfin | Replant felled area | Scots pine | 21.62% | 0.96 ha | 2,600 | — | — |
| Carfin | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 9.91% | 0.44 ha | — | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddler Gill Site 632 Official SiteLink record for Fiddler Gill ↗ | Designation BIOLOGICAL | Proximity 509 m away | Published area 29.63 ha | Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL |
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NS 852 466
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Brown soils
Map unit 163
Brown earths
- Soil association
- Darvel
- Parent material
- Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Carboniferous rocks
- Landform
- Mounds and terraces with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Darvel · 100% Brown earths
Land Capability for Forestry
F2 Very good flexibility for trees
Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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