FPA-12908

Pibble Hill

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Cpt 4
Nearest town: Gatehouse of Fleet
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NX540622

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Key dates

Application registered 1 October 2025
Application accepted 1 October 2025
Consultation opens 11 November 2025
Consultation closes 9 December 2025
Decision issued 16 December 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 5.27 ha
Conifer: 4.96 ha

Official source

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FPA-12908

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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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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST

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: 1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027
Felling area: 5.27 ha
Estimated volume: 1,835 m³
Proposed restocking: 5.27 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larch Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Aspen Birch Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	4.9 ha	40 yr	4,700	1,700 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.31 ha	40 yr	300	120 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.06 ha	40 yr	50	15 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 4	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	58.82%	3.1 ha	2,500	—	—
Cpt 4	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	34.54%	1.82 ha	2,500	—	—
Cpt 4	Replant felled area	Aspen	3.23%	0.17 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 4	Replant felled area	Birch	3.42%	0.18 ha	1,600	—	—

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Protected places

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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
Cairnsmore of Fleet Site 290 Official SiteLink record for Cairnsmore of Fleet ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 885 m away	Published area 3,825.09 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Cairnsmore of Fleet

Site 290

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 885 m away

Published area 3,825.09 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 540 622

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

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-9400 Clints of Dromore	Location Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 200 m away	Area 13.1 ha	Decision issued 20 Jun 2022
FLA01305 Pibble Hill	Location Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 361 m away	Area 24.78 ha	Decision issued 3 Jun 2016
FLA02630 Clints of Dromore Forest	Location Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 721 m away	Area 43.09 ha	Decision issued 7 Dec 2017
CB307516 Clints of Dromore	Location Creetown Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 806 m away	Area 0.2 ha	Decision issued 24 Sept 2013
FPA-6824 Pibble Hill	Location Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 949 m away	Area 13.7 ha	Decision issued 26 Nov 2019