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FPA-12647

Comlongan Estate CF

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Comlongan
Nearest town
Clarencefield
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY092688

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 27 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 27 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 28 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
10.11 ha
Conifer
9.88 ha
Broadleaf
0.23 ha

Official source

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FPA-12647

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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
27 Aug 2025 – 31 Oct 2026
Felling area
10.11 ha
Estimated volume
3,963 m³
Proposed restocking
10.11 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
8a2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 27 yr 960 240 m³
8b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.25 ha 27 yr 300 75 m³
8b Clear Felling Scots pine 0.25 ha 27 yr 300 75 m³
8b Clear Felling Birch 0.23 ha 27 yr 276 69 m³
9a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.52 ha 39 yr 9,024 3,008 m³
9a1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.79 ha 52 yr 970 388 m³
9a1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.27 ha 52 yr 324 108 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
8a2 Replant felled area Scots pine 7.98% 0.8 ha 2,500
8b Replant felled area Birch 7.29% 0.73 ha 1,600
9a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65.07% 6.52 ha 2,500
9a Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.98% 1 ha 2,500
9a1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10.58% 1.06 ha 2,500
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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

STH22_0691

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0692-0694

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0143_0144_0145

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 4.6 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

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

Site 1583

Official SiteLink record for Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 17,224.16 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 092 687

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 576

Brown earths

Soil association
Yarrow
Parent material
Fluvioglacial gravels and sands derived mainly from greywackes
Landform
Mounds and terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Yarrow · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 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.