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FPA-6390

Polmoodie Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Various cpts
Nearest town
Moffat
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT181133

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 April 2019
  2. Application accepted 10 June 2019
  3. Consultation opens 14 August 2019
  4. Consultation closes 14 August 2019
  5. Decision issued 19 August 2019

Area

Total area
22.21 ha
Conifer
14.45 ha
Broadleaf
0.11 ha

Official source

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FPA-6390

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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_0432-0437

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0236_0237_0720

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 680 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0391 Emblem Brae

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 703 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0395_0398 Bushie Law

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH20_0465 Birkhill

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 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

Moffat Hills

Site 1172

Official SiteLink record for Moffat Hills
Designation MIXED Proximity 111 m away Published area 2,890.24 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 180 133

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 224

Humus-iron podzols with rankers with brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills and valley sides with very steep slopes: some crags with scree and boulders: very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Minchmoor · 35% Humus-iron podzols
  • ETTRICK(RANK) · 35% Rankers
  • Linhope · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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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.

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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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Status Expired Distance 3.3 km away Area 6.06 ha Decision issued
FPA-9142 Bushie Law Location

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Status Expired Distance 3.7 km away Area 43.75 ha Decision issued

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

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Status Approved Distance 6.3 km away Area 7.9 ha Approved
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Status Expired Distance 6.4 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.