FPA-6728

Balbeg Estate

Expired 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Balbeg Woodland
Nearest town: Straiton
Local authority: South Ayrshire Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS381027
Total area: 0.72 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 28 August 2019
Application accepted 28 August 2019
Consultation opens 21 October 2019
Consultation closes 17 November 2019
Decision issued 9 December 2019
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-6728

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 3 Sept 2019
Felling area: 0.72 ha
Estimated volume: 460 m³
Thinning area: 1.15 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

European larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BeechDowny birchPedunculate oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
c; Larch Bank	Selective Felling	European larch	0.57 ha	40 yr	150	150 m³	n/a
d; Birch Woodland	Selective Felling	Sitka spruce	0.15 ha	40 yr	30	10 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
a; House Ground Woodland	European larch	1.15 ha	300 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
c; Larch Bank	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	50.88%	0.29 ha	1,600	—	—
c; Larch Bank	Replant felled area	Beech	49.12%	0.28 ha	1,600	—	—
d; Birch Woodland	Restock by natural regeneration	Downy birch	100%	0.15 ha	1,100	—	-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
FLA01577 Balbeg	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 82 m away	Area 10.41 ha	Decision issued 14 Oct 2016
CB425602 Balbeg	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 82 m away	Area 12.7 ha	Decision issued 26 Jun 2014
FLA02096 Part Balbeg	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 386 m away	Area 0.21 ha	Decision issued 8 May 2017
FPA-11502 Bennan Wood	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 942 m away	Area 0.48 ha	Decision issued 21 May 2024
CB213482 Blairquhan Estate	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Expired	Distance 971 m away	Area 4 ha	Key date Not published

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
20FGS52643 Lower Curroch Woodland Creation	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 561 m away	Area 4.52 ha	Approved 22 Dec 2020
17FGS23457 Bennan Hill 2	Location South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 677 m away	Area 57.23 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS28518 Craig Farm Woodland Creation	Location South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 952 m away	Area 5.71 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
24FGS83099 Knockgardner Woodland Creation	Location Dalmellington South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 138.12 ha	Approved 24 Feb 2025
20FGS47963 Tairlaw	Location Straiton South Ayrshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 1.25 ha	Approved 2 Oct 2020

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
11 Oct 2026, 14:38 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:47 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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