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FPA-10957

Stair Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Laginamour
Nearest town
New Luce
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX227673

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 August 2023
  2. Application accepted 19 September 2023
  3. Consultation opens 7 March 2024
  4. Consultation closes 7 March 2024
  5. Decision issued 8 March 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
7.65 ha
Conifer
7.65 ha

Official source

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FPA-10957

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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

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    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 Sept 2023 – 1 Sept 2025
Felling area
7.65 ha
Estimated volume
2,000 m³
Proposed restocking
7.65 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
212 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 7.65 ha 44 yr 15,000 2,000 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
212 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70.46% 5.39 ha 2,500
212 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 16.34% 1.25 ha 1,600
212 Create Designed Open Ground 13.2% 1.01 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

UK/PH/LP/24082012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 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 227 672

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 231

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with complex strong and steep slopes: moderately to very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • 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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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.