FPA-11886
Gass Forest
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Compartment 38
- Nearest town
- Newton Stewart
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Conservancy
- South Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NX243648
Key dates
- Application registered 4 September 2024
- Application accepted 4 September 2024
- Consultation opens 10 September 2024
- Consultation closes 8 October 2024
- Decision issued 25 October 2024
- Restocking due Unknown
Area
- Total area
- 0.33 ha
- Conifer
- 0.33 ha
Official source
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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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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
- 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
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Selective Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.33 ha | — | 535 | 80 m³ | — |
Proposed restocking
| 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 | — | — | — |
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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.
No SSSIs within 2 km.
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NX 242 647
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peat
Map unit 215
Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers
- Soil association
- Ettrick
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
- Landform
- Valley floors and lowlands with rock knolls and moundy moraines: complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Semi-confined peat · 85% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
- ETTRICK(PRANK) · 15% Peaty rankers
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
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