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FPA-13181

Brocklock & Barskeoch

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 6
Nearest town
Newton Stewart
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX351646

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 January 2026
  2. Application accepted 26 January 2026
  3. Consultation opens 12 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 9 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 14 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
18.93 ha
Conifer
18.93 ha

Official source

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FPA-13181

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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
16 Apr 2026 – 16 Apr 2028
Felling area
18.93 ha
Estimated volume
7,572 m³
Proposed restocking
18.93 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 18.93 ha 44 yr 7,572 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
6 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 57.79% 10.94 ha 2,500
6 Replant felled area Norway spruce 26.73% 5.06 ha 2,500
6 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.39% 1.02 ha 1,600
6 Create Designed Open Ground 10.09% 1.91 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

S_FC_0488_Blackquarter

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

S_P_pram13_0817_Barraer Farm

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 351 645

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 215

Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Valley floors and lowlands with rock knolls and moundy moraines: complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Semi-confined peat · 85% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
  • ETTRICK(PRANK) · 15% Peaty rankers
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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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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.