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FPA-6768

Rammerscales

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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NY074772 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Holmains/Dormont Hill
Nearest town
Hightae
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NY074772
Total area
4.80 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 September 2019
  2. Application accepted 23 September 2019
  3. Consultation opens 29 October 2019
  4. Consultation closes 26 November 2019
  5. Decision issued 27 November 2019
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2022
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-6768

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Feb 2020
Felling area
4.8 ha
Estimated volume
960 m³
Thinning area
13.5 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density

Species in felling operations

Japanese larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Norway spruceOakSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
8d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.4 ha 45 yr 2,200 880 m³ —
8d Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.4 ha 45 yr 200 80 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before (stems/ha) After (stems/ha)
1aabc Sitka spruce 9 ha — 1,650 1,155
1aabc Scots pine 3.4 ha — 625 435
1AABC Japanese larch 1.1 ha — 225 158

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
8d Replant felled area Sitka spruce 85% 4.08 ha 2,500 — —
8d Replant felled area Norway spruce 10% 0.48 ha 2,500 — —
8d Replant felled area Oak 5% 0.24 ha 1,600 — -2/3

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
FLA00232 Rammerscales Location

Hightae

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 535 m away Area 2 ha Decision issued
FLA03558 Rammerscales Estate Location

Hightae

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 973 m away Area 0.4 ha Decision issued
FLA03574 Rammerscales Location

Hightae, Lockerbie

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 1.4 ha Decision issued
CB394114 Rammerscales Estate Location

Hightae

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 1.78 ha Decision issued
CB130026 Rammerscales Location

Hightae Village

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 5.6 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
18FGS29778 Thorniethwaite Farm Woodland Creation Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.8 km away Area 6.33 ha Approved
24FGS79699 Cocketfield Woodland Creation Location

Torthorwald

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
24FGS82599 Cocketfield Woodland Creation Location

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 3.0 km away Area 35.28 ha Approved
16FGS09234 Infrastructure Stubbs Wood Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 6.6 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
22FGS67907 Hightown Woodland Creation Location

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 8.1 km away Area 29.18 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

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  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
    Expired

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