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FPA-9900

Sailfoot Forest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Sailfoot Forest
Nearest town
Moffat
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT153075

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 August 2022
  2. Application accepted 5 August 2022
  3. Consultation opens 31 August 2022
  4. Consultation closes 28 September 2022
  5. Decision issued 30 September 2022

Area

Total area
0.30 ha
Conifer
0.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-9900

Find FPA-9900 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

STH21_0196_0389_0390 Sailfoot

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 25 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0211_212_0213_0215_217_0218_0240_719

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH20_0163

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH21_0388 Craigieburn

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH18_1443

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.7 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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 152 074

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 228

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with simple convex strong and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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.

Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-9679 Sailfoot Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 0 m away Area 6.65 ha Decision issued
CB210923 Selcoth Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 2.09 ha Decision issued
CB360650 Selcoth Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.6 ha Decision issued
FLA-6168 Selcoth Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 1.52 ha Decision issued
FPA-10582 Crofthead Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 2.6 km away Area 20.8 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

Nearby records

Nearby woodland creation applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
22FGS66125 Sailfoot Forest Plan Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 361 m away Area 0 ha Decision issued
20FGS51523 TTH Selcoth Burn Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 1.6 km away Area 55.16 ha Approved
22FGS68668 Steinstane and Sailfoot Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.5 km away Area 45.56 ha Approved
17FGS17397 Potburn Woodland Creation Scheme Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 89.6 ha Approved
21FGS60006 Selcoth Crofthead Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 3.2 km away Area 31.56 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.