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FPA-7873

Hightown

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Hightown
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX867894

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 February 2021
  2. Application accepted 3 February 2021
  3. Consultation opens 25 February 2021
  4. Consultation closes 25 March 2021
  5. Decision issued 8 April 2021

Area

Total area
6.70 ha
Conifer
6.58 ha
Broadleaf
0.12 ha

Official source

Copy this reference, then paste it into Case Reference on Scottish Forestry's register.

FPA-7873

Find FPA-7873 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

STH19_1129

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 43 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH16_0236_Hightown Plantation

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 113 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0353 Gracefield

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 417 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0076

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 558 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0725

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 633 m 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 · NX 867 893

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 221

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills and valley sides with steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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.

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