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FPA-12780

Cathcart Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NS339163 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Nearest town
Ayr
Local authority
South Ayrshire Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NS339163
Total area
0.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 9 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 20 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12780

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window
29 Oct 2025 – 29 Sept 2027
Felling area
0.5 ha
Estimated volume
500 m³
Thinning area
2.71 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifersSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BirchHorse chestnutSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
CPT A Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 50 yr 500 250 m³ Paint
CPT A Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.1 ha 50 yr 100 50 m³ Paint

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
CPT B Sitka spruce 2.17 ha 175 m³
CPT B Mixed conifers 0.54 ha 25 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt A Replant felled area Silver birch 35% 0.18 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt A Replant felled area Birch 35% 0.18 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt A Replant felled area Horse chestnut 30% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-13733 Cathcart Wood Location

Ayr

South Ayrshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 64 m away Area 4.28 ha Key date Not published
FPA-9601 Cathcart Wood Location

Alloway

South Ayrshire

Status Expired Distance 76 m away Area 2.79 ha Decision issued
FPA-13688 Broomberry Farm Location

Ayr

South Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 490 m away Area 4.94 ha Approved
FPA-8294 Auchendrane 1 Location

Alloway

South Ayrshire

Status Expired Distance 543 m away Area 0.3 ha Decision issued
FPA-8167 Auchendrane Location

Alloway

South Ayrshire

Status Expired Distance 543 m away Area 6.76 ha Decision issued

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
22FGS64145 Pleasantfield Woodland Creation Location

Ayr

South Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 51.63 ha Approved
15FGS04174 Dinwoodie Location

East Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 6.7 km away Area 2.5 ha Approved
22FGS67748 Beoch WC Location

Maybole

North Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 6.8 km away Area 17.37 ha Approved
18FGS33819 Cairnhill Woodland Creation Location

South Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 6.9 km away Area 61.65 ha Approved
20FGS51403 Drumshang Woodland Creation Location

Dunure

South Ayrshire

Status Approved Distance 7.4 km away Area 122.48 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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