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FPA-12678

Dolphinton House

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
West Linton
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT102467

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 2 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 7 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 4 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.06 ha
Conifer
0.06 ha

Official source

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FPA-12678

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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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 Aug 2025 – 2 Jul 2027
Felling area
0.06 ha
Estimated volume
30 m³
Proposed restocking
0.06 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Other spruces

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Selective Felling Other spruces 0.06 ha 60 yr 29 30 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 0.06 ha 1,600
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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

Dolphinton - West Linton Fens and Grassland

Site 523

Official SiteLink record for Dolphinton - West Linton Fens and Grassland
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 64.59 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 101 466

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 53

Brown earths

Soil association
Bemersyde
Parent material
Drifts derived from intrusive rhyolites and trachytes
Landform
Hills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Bemersyde · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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