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FPA-13023

Langholm Est - Outer Woodhead

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Langholm Est - Outer Woodhead
Nearest town
Langholm
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY401797

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 November 2025
  2. Application accepted 20 November 2025
  3. Consultation opens 6 January 2026
  4. Consultation closes 6 January 2026
  5. Decision issued 13 January 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
9.61 ha
Conifer
8.79 ha

Official source

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FPA-13023

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

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
22 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2027
Felling area
9.61 ha
Estimated volume
4,324.5 m³
Proposed restocking
9.61 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
3169M Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.41 ha 48 yr 820 184.5 m³
3137B Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.21 ha 71 yr 420 94.5 m³
2024B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.88 ha 31 yr 9,760 2,196 m³
3172A Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.82 ha 57 yr 1,640 369 m³
2024C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.15 ha 31 yr 2,300 517.5 m³
3173A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.14 ha 36 yr 4,280 963 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2024A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 10.93% 1.05 ha 2,500
2024B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 47.45% 4.56 ha 2,500
2024C Replant felled area Sitka spruce 1.35% 0.13 ha 2,500
2024D Create Designed Open Ground 1.87% 0.18 ha
3169M Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 4.27% 0.41 ha 1,600
3172A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 8.53% 0.82 ha 1,600
3173A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20.08% 1.93 ha 1,600
3173B Create Designed Open Ground 2.19% 0.21 ha
3173C Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 3.33% 0.32 ha 1,600
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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_0187

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0178

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0657-0658

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.7 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 400 796

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 91

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Carter
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous sandstones of the Calciferous Sandstone Series
Landform
Valley sides with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dundrennan · 30% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Letham · 35% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Huntford · 35% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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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.