← All felling applications

FPA-12838

Raeburn complex

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Raeburn complex
Nearest town
Eskdalemuir
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT269019

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 September 2025
  2. Application accepted 1 September 2025
  3. Consultation opens 15 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 11 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
18.77 ha
Conifer
3.77 ha
Broadleaf
1.20 ha

Official source

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

FPA-12838

Find FPA-12838 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.

    View data added from the PDF →
  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 – 30 Jun 2028
Felling area
18.77 ha
Estimated volume
12,645 m³
Proposed restocking
18.77 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 4.47 ha 58 yr 8,046 3,111 m³ mapped
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.65 ha 58 yr 60 136 m³ mapped
8 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.55 ha 58 yr 60 13 m³ mapped
8 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.28 ha 58 yr 448 195 m³ mapped
8 Clear Felling Spruce 2.26 ha 58 yr 3,616 1,753 m³ mapped
9 Clear Felling Norway spruce 5.62 ha 57 yr 10,116 3,844 m³ mapped
9 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.29 ha 57 yr 100 50 m³ mapped
19 Clear Felling Norway spruce 3.14 ha 57 yr 5,652 2,148 m³ mapped
103 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.45 ha 53 yr 2,900 1,383 m³ mapped
103 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.06 ha 53 yr 25 12 m³ mapped

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Douglas fir 23.02% 4.32 ha 2,500
1 Create Designed Open Ground 4% 0.75 ha
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 0.27% 0.05 ha 1,600
8 Replant felled area Norway spruce 11.61% 2.18 ha 2,500
8 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 3.25% 0.61 ha 1,600
8 Create Designed Open Ground 1.6% 0.3 ha
9 Replant felled area Norway spruce 25.36% 4.76 ha 2,500
9 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 2.08% 0.39 ha 1,600
9 Create Designed Open Ground 4.05% 0.76 ha
19 Replant felled area Norway spruce 16.36% 3.07 ha 2,500
19 Create Designed Open Ground 0.37% 0.07 ha
103 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 7.73% 1.45 ha 2,500
103 Create Designed Open Ground 0.32% 0.06 ha
Early access

Indicative conifer market context

Indicative conifer standing-timber benchmark

Available to users with early access.

Explore this application's conifer crop benchmark, fifteen years of price history and the assumptions behind the figures.

Request early access

Illustrative preview · Early access feature

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

STH23_0399

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 212 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0167_0168_0169_0337

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 452 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0359

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 511 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0399a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 548 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0228 The Twa Sikes (Eskdalemuir)

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 746 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 · NT 268 019

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 229

Peaty gleyed podzols

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

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

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

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.

Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-12350 Raeburn Complex Location

Eskdalemuir

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 100 m away Area 1.2 ha Approved
FPA-13608 Raeburn Complex Location

Eskdalemuir

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 361 m away Area 1.08 ha Approved
CB04004 Moodlaw Location

Eskdalemuir

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 608 m away Area 18.63 ha Decision issued
FPA-13115 Raeburn Complex Location

Eskdalemuir

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 640 m away Area 0 ha Approved
CB47200 Dumfedling Location

Eskdalemuir

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 12.76 ha Decision issued

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

Nearby records

Nearby woodland creation applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
17FGS16657 Clerkhill Farm New Planting Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 144.75 ha Approved
17FGS14199 Over Cassock NWC Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 5.7 km away Area 45.96 ha Approved

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