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FPA-11571

Hyndford Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Hyndford Strip
Nearest town
Lanark
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS912420

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 1 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 7 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 4 June 2024
  5. Decision issued 28 August 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
1.58 ha
Conifer
1.26 ha
Broadleaf
0.32 ha

Official source

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FPA-11571

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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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  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 Jun 2027
Felling area
1.58 ha
Estimated volume
600 m³
Proposed restocking
1.58 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.26 ha 70 yr 1,500 500 m³ None
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.32 ha 70 yr 200 100 m³ Operator Select

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 33.54% 0.53 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 8.23% 0.13 ha 1,600
1 Create Designed Open Ground 15.82% 0.25 ha
1 Replant felled area Sessile oak 17.72% 0.28 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Silver birch 8.23% 0.13 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Aspen 8.23% 0.13 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 8.23% 0.13 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 912 419

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 163

Brown earths

Soil association
Darvel
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Carboniferous rocks
Landform
Mounds and terraces with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darvel · 100% Brown earths
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.