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FPA-10488

Black Esk Water Treatment Works

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 144, 145
Nearest town
Eskdalemuir
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY201936

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 March 2023
  2. Application accepted 26 April 2023
  3. Consultation opens 8 August 2023
  4. Consultation closes 8 August 2023
  5. Decision issued 14 August 2023

Area

Total area
3.99 ha
Conifer
3.99 ha

Official source

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FPA-10488

Find FPA-10488 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

STH20_0122_0127

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 248 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1350_1405

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 602 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0128

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 1.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0187_0459

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH19_0429

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 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

Dryfe Water

Site 544

Official SiteLink record for Dryfe Water
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 11.67 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 200 935

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 220

Dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and undulating uplands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket peat
  • Dochroyle · 25% Peaty gleys
  • Hardlee · 25% 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.