FPA-11781

Queensberry Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Round wood plantation & Jenny Hair’s Wood
Nearest town: Durisdeer
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NS892025

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 23 July 2024
Application accepted 23 July 2024
Consultation opens 22 August 2024
Consultation closes 21 August 2024
Decision issued 23 August 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area: 1.70 ha
Conifer: 1.40 ha
Broadleaf: 0.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-11781

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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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9 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST

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9 Jul 2026, 10:06 BST

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: 15 Aug 2024 – 1 Aug 2026
Felling area: 1.7 ha
Estimated volume: 580 m³
Proposed restocking: 1.7 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
3119A	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.6 ha	49 yr	900	200 m³	N/A
3119A	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.3 ha	49 yr	400	100 m³	N/A
3121B	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.8 ha	32 yr	1,600	280 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
3119A	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	52.94%	0.9 ha	1,600	—	—
3121B	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	47.06%	0.8 ha	1,600	—	—

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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
STH24_0756_0757 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 50 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH18_0439_0440 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 1.1 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH18_1338 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.2 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
S_P_Pram13_0798_Schoolhouse Belt P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.2 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH25_0508-0509 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.2 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.

Site	Designation	Proximity	Published area	Geographic scope
Carron Water and Hapland Burn Site 333 Official SiteLink record for Carron Water and Hapland Burn ↗	Designation GEOLOGICAL	Proximity 195 m away	Published area 8.84 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Carron Water and Hapland Burn

Site 333

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Designation GEOLOGICAL

Proximity 195 m away

Published area 8.84 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 891 024

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 179

Brown earths

Soil association: Durisdeer
Parent material: Drifts derived from sandstones of Permian and Carboniferous age, greywackes and basic igneous rocks
Landform: Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle and strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

DURISDEER(BFS) · 50% Brown earths
DURISDEER(BFSG) · 50% Brown earths

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees