FPA-13105

Mid Knock Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Mid Knock Forest
Nearest town: Bentpath
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NY298900
Total area: 0.47 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 19 December 2025
Application accepted 19 December 2025
Consultation opens 12 January 2026
Consultation closes 9 February 2026
Decision issued 25 February 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13105

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 15 Jan 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Felling area: 0.47 ha
Estimated volume: 250 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.47 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
10	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.47 ha	33 yr	560	250 m³	Map

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
10	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	0.47 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-8150 Midknock Forest	Location Bentpath Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 301 m away	Area 15.14 ha	Decision issued 8 Jul 2021
FPA-10092 Mid Knock	Location Langholm Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 498 m away	Area 19.19 ha	Decision issued 9 Jan 2023
FLA00262 Westerkirk Mains	Location Bentpath Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 508 m away	Area 2.15 ha	Decision issued 6 Aug 2015
FLA01030 Mid Knock	Location Bentpath Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 692 m away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 2 Feb 2016
FPA-6476 Georgefield	Location Bentpath Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 9.47 ha	Decision issued 2 Jul 2019

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
19FGS43144 Woodland Creation Kirk Burn	Location LANGHOLM Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 6.92 ha	Approved 12 Mar 2020
23FGS70914 Brydonswell Know	Location Langholm Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 3.5 ha	Approved 23 Jun 2023
18FGS28338 Woodland Creation Dim Burn and Farm Woodland	Location Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 7.2 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
19FGS38923 Bush of Ewes Woodland Creation	Location ESKDALEMUIR Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 6.6 km away	Area 542.47 ha	Approved 16 Jan 2020
22FGS69407 Tanlawhill New Woods	Location Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 6.8 km away	Area 34.5 ha	Approved 23 Apr 2024

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:19 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:45 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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