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FPA-13321

Lochnaw Castle

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Drummullin
Nearest town
Leswalt
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NW987629

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 March 2026
  2. Application accepted 17 March 2026
  3. Consultation opens 27 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 24 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 28 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2031

Area

Total area
1.99 ha
Conifer
1.99 ha

Official source

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FPA-13321

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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
1 May 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area
1.99 ha
Estimated volume
175 m³
Proposed restocking
1.99 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Douglas fir Mixed broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 1.3 ha 35 yr 100 m³ windblow
2 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.69 ha 35 yr 75 m³ windblow

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.3 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Douglas fir 33% 0.23 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 33% 0.23 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 34% 0.23 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NW 986 629

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 438

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rhins
Parent material
Red brown clayey drifts containing Ordovician and Silurian greywacke stones
Landform
Drumlins and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Rhins · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Portpatrick · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.