FPA-9414

Bennel

Expired 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: Bennel
Nearest town: Dalbeattie
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NX900588
Total area: 11.33 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 4 April 2022
Application accepted 1 April 2022
Consultation opens 22 June 2022
Consultation closes 22 June 2022
Decision issued 22 June 2022
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-9414

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 20 Jun 2022 – 1 Aug 2022
Felling area: 11.33 ha
Estimated volume: 5,178 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Douglas firMixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Bennel	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	11.33 ha	35 yr	8,700	5,178 m³	Entire Woodland

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Bennel	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	74.93%	8.49 ha	2,500	—	—
Bennell	Replant felled area	Douglas fir	19.15%	2.17 ha	2,500	—	—
Bennell	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	5.91%	0.67 ha	1,600	—	-2/3

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-8955 Clonyard Wood	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 840 m away	Area 9.1 ha	Decision issued 5 Apr 2022
FPA-12285 Glensone	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 4.73 ha	Approved 19 May 2025
FLA02241 Drumstinchall	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 0.18 ha	Decision issued 13 Jul 2017
FPA-12600 Drumstinchall	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 9.8 ha	Approved 17 Jul 2025
FLA01769 Fairgirth Farm	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 2.95 ha	Decision issued 5 Dec 2016

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
19FGS39563 Fairgirth NWC	Location DALBEATTIE Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 31.03 ha	Approved 9 Oct 2019
20FGS51603 Glensone Woodland Creation	Location Dalbeattie Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 11 Nov 2021
16FGS10114 Southwick Estate NWC	Location Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 2.96 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
22FGS64426 Congeith WC	Location Kirkgunzeon Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 52.03 ha	Approved 28 Jul 2022
19FGS37378 Breconside Woodland Creation	Location DUMFRIES Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 7.6 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 24 Aug 2020

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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 20:06 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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