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FPA-12784

Drumbain

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Drumbain
Nearest town
Fisherton
Local authority
South Ayrshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS268170

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 September 2025
  3. Consultation opens 29 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 26 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 13 January 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.19 ha
Broadleaf
0.19 ha

Official source

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FPA-12784

Find FPA-12784 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

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

Felling window
31 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Felling area
0.19 ha
Estimated volume
69 m³
Thinning area
0.93 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
0.19 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash Elm Oak

Proposed restocking species

Birch Oak Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Oak 0.06 ha 30 yr 80 12 m³ Paint
1 Clear Felling Elm 0.06 ha 30 yr 80 12 m³ Paint
1 Clear Felling Ash 0.07 ha 30 yr 100 15 m³ Paint

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
1 Oak 0.3 ha 10 m³ 1,500 1,125
1 Elm 0.3 ha 10 m³ 1,500 1,125
1 Ash 0.33 ha 10 m³ 1,500 1,125

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Plant an alternative area Oak 31.58% 0.06 ha 1,600 2
1 Plant an alternative area Birch 31.58% 0.06 ha 1,600 2
1 Plant an alternative area Wild cherry (Gean) 36.84% 0.07 ha 1,600 2

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

STH21_0500-0501

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - Hybrid

Status Closed Proximity 1.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0386 Keekafar 2

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_1037

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_1535

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH20_0385 Keekafar 1

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Maidens to Doonfoot

Site 1121

Official SiteLink record for Maidens to Doonfoot
Designation MIXED Proximity 662 m away Published area 216.25 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 267 170

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 148

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dunlop · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

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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Within 10 km
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Status Expired Distance 3.3 km away Area 5.5 ha Decision issued

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

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Within 10 km
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Status Approved Distance 3.4 km away Area 17.37 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 8.7 km away Area 51.63 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 8.7 km away Area 3.76 ha Approved

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