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FPA-11698

Barnbarroch

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Barnbarroch Cpt1
Nearest town
Whauphill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX395512

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 18 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 20 June 2024
  4. Consultation closes 18 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 31 July 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
7.95 ha
Conifer
5.73 ha
Broadleaf
0.95 ha

Official source

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FPA-11698

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First archived 27 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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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 Jul 2024 – 30 Sept 2024
Felling area
7.95 ha
Estimated volume
4,610 m³
Proposed restocking
7.95 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.33 ha 60 yr 2,700 2,445 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.27 ha 60 yr 920 700 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 1.4 ha 60 yr 1,060 780 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.95 ha 40 yr 2,025 685 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 64.9% 5.16 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.7% 0.77 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Douglas fir 4.2% 0.33 ha 2,500
1 (Wet Mix) Replant felled area Alder 2.4% 0.19 ha 1,600
1 (Wet Mix) Replant felled area Willow 1.5% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 (Wet Mix) Replant felled area Downy birch 1.5% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 (Wet Mix) Replant felled area Bird cherry 0.8% 0.06 ha 1,600
1 (Wet Mix) Replant felled area Rowan 1.5% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 (Low Mix) Replant felled area Hawthorn 0.9% 0.07 ha 1,600
1 (Low Mix) Replant felled area Rowan 1.1% 0.09 ha 1,600
1 (Low Mix) Replant felled area Hazel 0.2% 0.02 ha 1,600
1 (Low Mix) Replant felled area Downy birch 0.5% 0.04 ha 1,600
1 (MB) Replant felled area Birch 0.8% 0.06 ha 1,600
1 (MB) Replant felled area Sycamore 0.6% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 (MB) Replant felled area Rowan 0.4% 0.03 ha 1,600
1 (MB) Replant felled area Hawthorn 0.1% 0.01 ha 1,600
1 (MB) Create Designed Open Ground 8.9% 0.71 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 394 512

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 440

Noncalcareous gleys

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

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

  • Rhins · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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

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