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FPA-11886

Gass Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • SF - Selective Felling

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

Register grid reference: NX243648 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Compartment 38
Nearest town
Newton Stewart
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NX243648
Total area
0.33 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 September 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 September 2024
  3. Consultation opens 10 September 2024
  4. Consultation closes 8 October 2024
  5. Decision issued 25 October 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11886

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
4 Oct 2024 – 4 Oct 2026
Felling area
0.33 ha
Estimated volume
80 m³
Proposed restocking
0.33 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
38 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.33 ha — 535 80 m³ —

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt 38 I do not intend to restock — 100% 0.33 ha — — —

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 3.67 ha Decision issued
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Kirkcowan

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 27.87 ha Approved
FLA01343 Airies Location

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 2.9 km away Area 6.39 ha Decision issued
FPA-10957 Stair Estate Location

New Luce

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 2.9 km away Area 7.65 ha Decision issued
FLA01467 Airies Location

Newtownstewart

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 3.3 km away Area 10.05 ha Decision issued

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

Woodland creation applications

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19FGS37803 White Hill Dirnow NWC Location

CASTLE DOUGLAS

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Status Approved Distance 6.1 km away Area 3.57 ha Approved
18FGS29138 Barchly WC 2019 Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 8.3 km away Area 4.68 ha Approved
26FGS91259 Airyhemming Woodland Creation 2026 Location

Glenluce

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 9.1 km away Area 171.99 ha Approved
25FGS85979 Knock Fell NWC Location

Glenluce

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 9.1 km away Area 62.88 ha Approved

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Land listings

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Changes

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

  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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