FPA-13135

Burrance of Courance Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Burrance of Courance Farm
Nearest town: Lockerbie
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NY042906

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 12 January 2026
Application accepted 12 January 2026
Consultation opens 20 January 2026
Consultation closes 17 February 2026
Decision issued 27 February 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 0.25 ha
Broadleaf: 0.25 ha

Official source

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FPA-13135

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

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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.

Standingwire added data from the PDF
26 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:44 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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: 21 Feb 2026 – 21 Apr 2026
Felling area: 0 ha
Estimated volume: 80 m³
Proposed restocking: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Beech

Proposed restocking species

Beech

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Felling Individual Trees	Beech	0 ha	50 yr	16	80 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Restock with individual trees	Beech	100%	0 ha	—	16	—

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
STH19_0152_0153 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 249 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0156_0912 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 616 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH17_1035 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 867 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH18_0981 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 891 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH21_0337-0339 Courancehill P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 899 m 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 · NY 041 905

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 209

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Altimeg · 50% Brown earths
Kedslie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-8777 Burrance of Courance - Storm Damage	Location St Ann's Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 671 m away	Area 1.68 ha	Decision issued 7 Jan 2022
FPA-8112 Burrance of Courance	Location St Ann’s Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 671 m away	Area 7.89 ha	Decision issued 29 Jun 2021
FLA02174 Courance	Location Courance Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 922 m away	Area 6.25 ha	Decision issued 13 Jun 2017
FLA00741 Kirkland Farm	Location Courance Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 2.79 ha	Decision issued 3 Dec 2015
CB45808 Kirkland Farm	Location Parkgate Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 2.17 ha	Decision issued 20 Jul 2012