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FPA-13103

Eldrick North

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Eldrick North
Nearest town
Barrhill
Local authority
South Ayrshire Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX281812

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 December 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 November 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 February 2026
  4. Consultation closes 18 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 31 March 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
31.44 ha
Conifer
31.44 ha

Official source

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FPA-13103

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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    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
18 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2027
Felling area
31.44 ha
Estimated volume
16,363.82 m³
Proposed restocking
31.44 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
1a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.97 ha 40 yr 7,940 2,233.13 m³
1a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.45 ha 40 yr 900 196.88 m³
1a3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.11 ha 40 yr 220 48.13 m³
2a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.38 ha 40 yr 14,760 4,151.25 m³
2a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.76 ha 40 yr 5,520 1,207.5 m³
2a3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.52 ha 40 yr 5,040 1,417.5 m³
2a4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.02 ha 40 yr 2,040 446.25 m³
2a5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.71 ha 40 yr 1,420 310.63 m³
2a6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.63 ha 40 yr 1,260 275.63 m³
2a7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.14 ha 40 yr 280 61.25 m³
3a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.34 ha 40 yr 6,680 1,670 m³
3a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.16 ha 40 yr 4,320 1,080 m³
3a3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.24 ha 40 yr 480 105 m³
4a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.18 ha 40 yr 360 101.25 m³
4a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 40 yr 200 56.25 m³
5a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.91 ha 40 yr 1,820 398.13 m³
5a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.49 ha 40 yr 980 275.63 m³
5a3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 40 yr 800 175 m³
5a4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.12 ha 40 yr 240 52.5 m³
5a5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.38 ha 40 yr 760 213.75 m³
5a6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.26 ha 40 yr 140 146.25 m³
5a7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 40 yr 140 39.38 m³
5a8 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.66 ha 40 yr 1,320 371.25 m³
5a9 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 40 yr 140 39.38 m³
6a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.93 ha 40 yr 1,860 523.13 m³
6a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 40 yr 400 112.5 m³
6a3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.25 ha 40 yr 500 140.63 m³
6a4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.09 ha 40 yr 500 50.63 m³
6a5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 40 yr 600 168.75 m³
6a6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.27 ha 40 yr 540 151.88 m³
6a7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.12 ha 40 yr 240 52.5 m³
6a8 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.21 ha 40 yr 420 91.88 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 15.1% 4.53 ha 2,500
2a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 41.03% 12.31 ha 2,500
2a1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 8.13% 2.44 ha 2,500
2x1 Create Designed Open Ground 0.33% 0.1 ha
2x2 Create Designed Open Ground 1.03% 0.31 ha
3a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 11.87% 3.56 ha 2,500
3a1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 3.57% 1.07 ha 2,500
3a2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 2.4% 0.72 ha 2,500
3d1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 0.87% 0.26 ha 2,500
3x1 Create Designed Open Ground 0.43% 0.13 ha
4d1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.6% 0.18 ha 1,600
4d2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.33% 0.1 ha 1,600
5a1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 4.5% 1.35 ha 2,500
5x1 Create Designed Open Ground 0.17% 0.05 ha
5a2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 1.33% 0.4 ha 2,500
5a4 Replant felled area Norway spruce 0.63% 0.19 ha 2,500
5d1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.27% 0.38 ha 1,600
5d2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.87% 0.26 ha 1,600
5d3 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.23% 0.07 ha 1,600
5a8 Replant felled area Norway spruce 2% 0.6 ha 2,500
5x2 Create Designed Open Ground 0.2% 0.06 ha
6a1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 1.77% 0.53 ha 2,500
6x1 Create Designed Open Ground 1.33% 0.4 ha
6c2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 0.8% 0.24 ha 2,500
6x2 Create Designed Open Ground 0.27% 0.08 ha
6d1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.83% 0.25 ha 1,600
6d2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.67% 0.2 ha 1,600
6d3 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1% 0.3 ha 1,600
6d4 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.23% 0.07 ha 1,600
6x4 Create Designed Open Ground 0.07% 0.02 ha
6d5 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.33% 0.1 ha 1,600
6x3 Create Designed Open Ground 0.2% 0.06 ha
6d6 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.4% 0.12 ha 1,600
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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/JM/03082012C

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/034/LZ/19112012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

UK/PH/JM/22082012a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

S_P_0463_Garizle

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/AH/26072012a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.9 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

Feoch Meadows

Site 629

Official SiteLink record for Feoch Meadows
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 954 m away Published area 82.28 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 281 812

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 213

Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Drumlins with intervening simple and complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Semi-confined peat · 70% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
  • Dod · 15% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Dochroyle · 15% Peaty gleys
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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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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.