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FPA-12816

Dumbarton Castle

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Dumbarton Castle Rock risk area 4
Nearest town
Dumbarton
Local authority
West Dunbartonshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS400744

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 21 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 21 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 21 November 2025
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.18 ha
Broadleaf
0.18 ha

Official source

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FPA-12816

Find FPA-12816 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.

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. 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
1 Sept 2025 – 1 Mar 2030
Felling area
0.18 ha
Estimated volume
29.52 m³
Proposed restocking
0.18 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
4 Clear Felling Sycamore 1483,6869,1437,1487,1489,14 93,3818 0.12 ha 50 yr 7 20.79 m³
4 Clear Felling Ash 6868 0.03 ha 30 yr 1 1.35 m³
4 Clear Felling Wild cherry (Gean) 1492,3317,1490,1438 0.03 ha 30 yr 4 7.38 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
4 I do not intend to restock 100% 0.18 ha

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_0786

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0589 Finlaystone

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0728_Auchentorlie Wood 1

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 3.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0727 Bowling 6

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 4.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0726 Bowling 3

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 4.3 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

Dumbarton Rock

Site 551

Official SiteLink record for Dumbarton Rock
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1 m away Published area 4.43 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Inner Clyde

Site 1701

Official SiteLink record for Inner Clyde
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 62 m away Published area 1,825.29 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 399 743

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

National soil map of Scotland

Unclassified

Map unit 608

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Land Capability for Forestry

Built up area

Source code F8

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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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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.