FPA-7563
Elrig Estate
Expired Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Challoch Hill
- Nearest town
- Elrig
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Conservancy
- South Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NX322498
Key dates
- Application registered 15 September 2020
- Application accepted 16 September 2020
- Consultation opens 2 November 2021
- Consultation closes 2 November 2021
- Decision issued 24 November 2021
Area
- Total area
- 18.57 ha
- Conifer
- 18.57 ha
Official source
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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
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Track changes
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First captured
- Status when first captured
- Expired
Earlier changes may not have been captured.
Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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 · NX 321 497
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peat
Map unit 215
Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers
- Soil association
- Ettrick
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
- Landform
- Valley floors and lowlands with rock knolls and moundy moraines: complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Semi-confined peat · 85% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
- ETTRICK(PRANK) · 15% Peaty rankers
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPA-12567 Elrig Estate | Location Elrig Dumfries and Galloway | Status Approved | Distance 0 m away | Area 18.57 ha | Approved |
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