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FPA-13235

Dergoals

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Dergoals
Nearest town
Glenluce
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX246589

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 11 February 2026
  3. Consultation opens 18 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 17 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 22 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2031

Area

Total area
5.40 ha
Conifer
4.10 ha
Broadleaf
1.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-13235

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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
1 May 2026 – 1 Apr 2030
Felling area
5.4 ha
Estimated volume
1,695 m³
Proposed restocking
5.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 and 2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.1 ha 30 yr 4,920 1,435 m³
3 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.43 ha 30 yr 344 86 m³
3 Clear Felling Ash 0.43 ha 30 yr 344 86 m³
3 Clear Felling Birch 0.44 ha 30 yr 352 88 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 57.41% 3.1 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Douglas fir 18.52% 1 ha 2,500
3 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 12.04% 0.65 ha 1,600
3 Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 12.04% 0.65 ha 1,600
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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

Flow of Dergoals

Site 645

Official SiteLink record for Flow of Dergoals
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 140 m away Published area 170.14 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Derskelpin Moss

Site 509

Official SiteLink record for Derskelpin Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 123.03 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 245 589

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 211

Dystrophic semi-confined peat with brown earths

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
  • Linhope · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.