FPA-11381

Lawhead Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Lawhead Wood at Blackcastle
Nearest town: Tarbrax
Local authority: South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy: Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NT023537

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 26 February 2024
Application accepted 26 February 2024
Consultation opens 25 June 2024
Consultation closes 24 June 2024
Decision issued 27 June 2024
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 1.60 ha
Conifer: 1.60 ha

Official source

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FPA-11381

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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Standingwire added data from the PDF
9 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST

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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:35 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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 Mar 2024 – 30 Mar 2024
Felling area: 1.6 ha
Estimated volume: 1,200 m³
Proposed restocking: 1.6 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
NT/02359/53833	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.6 ha	45 yr	1,500	1,200 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
NT/02359/53833	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	1.6 ha	2,500	—	—

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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
STH21_0936_Worm Law 2 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 4.1 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published

Notice / host species

Status

Proximity

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

STH21_0936_Worm Law 2

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued

Proximity 4.1 km away

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

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
Cobbinshaw Moss Site 373 Official SiteLink record for Cobbinshaw Moss ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.9 km away	Published area 492.36 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Cobbinshaw Moss

Site 373

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.9 km away

Published area 492.36 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 022 536

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 450

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association: Rowanhill
Parent material: Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform: Undulating foothills with gentle and strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Glaisnock · 50% Peaty gleys
Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees