FPA-6919

Blackhills

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

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

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Blackhills
Nearest town: Corsock
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NX757743
Total area: 1.74 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 28 November 2019
Application accepted 28 November 2019
Consultation opens 24 December 2019
Consultation closes 21 January 2020
Decision issued 23 January 2020
Restocking due 30 June 2022
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-6919

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jan 2020
Felling area: 1.74 ha
Estimated volume: 522 m³

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

OakSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.15 ha	35 yr	270	45 m³	—
1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.1 ha	35 yr	180	30 m³	—
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.54 ha	35 yr	972	162 m³	—
3	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.74 ha	35 yr	1,332	222 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.21 ha	35 yr	378	63 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	0.54 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Oak	100%	0.25 ha	1,600	—	—
3	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	0.74 ha	2,500	—	—
4	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	0.21 ha	2,500	—	—

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-9856 Blackhills Farm	Location Castle Douglas Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 349 m away	Area 1.29 ha	Decision issued 6 Sept 2022
FPA-7549 Nether Corsock Farm	Location Corsock Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 791 m away	Area 3.05 ha	Decision issued 5 Nov 2020
FPA-8833 Corsock House - Storm Damage	Location Corsock Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 0.81 ha	Decision issued 4 Mar 2022
FLA00464 Corsock Estate	Location Castle Douglas Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 9.98 ha	Decision issued 13 Aug 2015
FPA-8415 Burn	Location Corsock Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 0.3 ha	Decision issued 6 Oct 2021

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
20FGS53026 Ladywell Brae Woodland Creation	Location Kirkpatrick Durham Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 14.56 ha	Approved 21 Feb 2023
24FGS81299 Nether Glenlair Woodland Creation	Location Kirkpatrick Durham Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 109.56 ha	Approved 10 Jan 2025
20FGS48483 WP WC 2020	Location Kirkpatrick Durham Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 3.75 ha	Approved 27 Jul 2020
15FGS02353 Barmoffity Farm	Location Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 1.48 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
17FGS21997 Greenbrae NWC	Location Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 13.64 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 22:01 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:45 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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