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FPA-12666

Barnkin of Craigs

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Barnkin of Craigs
Nearest town
Dumfries
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY010723

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 30 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 10 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 29 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 29 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 1 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
0.03 ha
Broadleaf
0.03 ha

Official source

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FPA-12666

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

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

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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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
31 Jul 2025 – 1 Sept 2026
Felling area
0.03 ha
Estimated volume
7 m³
Proposed restocking
0.03 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

Beech Oak Other

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Felling Individual Trees Ash 0.03 ha 45 yr 7 7 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock with individual trees Oak 33.33% 0.01 ha 1,600 5 1
1 Restock with individual trees Beech 33.33% 0.01 ha 1,600 5 1
1 Restock with individual trees Other 33.33% 0.01 ha 1,600 4 1

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

S_P_Pram14_0044_Craigs moss

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 010 722

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 3

Dystrophic basin peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Parent material
Organic deposits
Landform
Basins and valleys
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Basin Peat · 100% Dystrophic basin peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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.