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FPA-12931

Glendowran

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Glendowran
Nearest town
Abington
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS881194

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 October 2025
  2. Application accepted 13 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 11 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 9 December 2025
  5. Decision issued 16 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
52.64 ha
Conifer
51.40 ha
Broadleaf
1.24 ha

Official source

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FPA-12931

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

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

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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
1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028
Felling area
52.64 ha
Estimated volume
18,530 m³
Proposed restocking
52.64 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 39.58 ha 38 yr 64,280 14,970 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 9.5 ha 38 yr 15,890 2,810 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Japanese larch 2.32 ha 38 yr 3,510 700 m³ n/a
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 1.24 ha 38 yr 620 50 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 75% 39.48 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 20% 10.53 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5% 2.63 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 880 194

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 304

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Holywood
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Permian age
Landform
Foothills and depressions with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Holywood · 50% Brown earths
  • Maidenbower · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.