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FPA-11361

Nether Cassock

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Nether Cassock
Nearest town
Eskdalemuir
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT178053

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 February 2024
  2. Application accepted 20 February 2024
  3. Consultation opens 12 April 2024
  4. Consultation closes 12 April 2024
  5. Decision issued 15 April 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
34.17 ha
Conifer
34.17 ha

Official source

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FPA-11361

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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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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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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 2024 – 1 Jan 2026
Felling area
34.17 ha
Estimated volume
36,675 m³
Proposed restocking
34.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 28.33 ha 49 yr 62,700 35,000 m³
2 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 2.83 ha 49 yr 5,800 600 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.83 ha 49 yr 5,800 1,000 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.18 ha 49 yr 500 75 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 57.89% 19.78 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 22.12% 7.56 ha 2,500
3 Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 1.61% 0.55 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Mixed conifers 1.67% 0.57 ha 2,500
5 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.67% 0.57 ha 1,600
6 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 4.45% 1.52 ha 1,600
7 Create Designed Open Ground 10.59% 3.62 ha
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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

STH23_0402

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0688_0689_0691

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0555-0556_0559-0561_1230 Garwald

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0699

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0400-0402 Thickside

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 178 052

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 233

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Valleys and depressions amongst hills and uplands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Dochroyle · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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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Status Expired Distance 3.5 km away Area 1 ha Decision issued

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

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Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 55.16 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 4.3 km away Area 45.96 ha Approved
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Moffat

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Status Approved Distance 4.8 km away Area 45.56 ha Approved

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