FPA-12671

Clerkhill Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Clerkhill Farm Shelter Belt
Nearest town: Eskdalemuir
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NY255979

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 1 July 2025
Application accepted 1 July 2025
Consultation opens 1 July 2025
Consultation closes 29 July 2025
Decision issued 30 July 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Official source

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FPA-12671

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

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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.

Standingwire added data from the PDF
26 Aug 2026, 21:46 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:52 BST

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: 7 Jul 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Felling area: 0 ha
Estimated volume: 35 m³
Proposed restocking: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Ash Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Felling Individual Trees	Ash	0 ha	90 yr	12	30 m³	Orange Paint
1	Felling Individual Trees	Sycamore	0 ha	90 yr	1	5 m³	Orange Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Restock with individual trees	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	0 ha	—	13	—

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_0229_0230 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 727 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_1002 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 729 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0015_0121_0329 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 742 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0336 Girdle Stanes Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 1.3 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH21_0404-0405 Rennald Burn Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 1.4 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 254 978

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 225

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Hills and valleys with gentle to steep slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Linhope · 70% Brown earths
Ettrick · 30% Noncalcareous gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA00456 Clerkhill Farm	Location Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 224 m away	Area 0.63 ha	Decision issued 1 Jun 2015
FLA03536 THe Holm	Location Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 641 m away	Area 2.57 ha	Decision issued 15 Nov 2018
FPA-6883 Clerkhill Farm	Location Langholm Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 0.07 ha	Decision issued 13 Feb 2020
FPA-12514 Holm & Clerkhill Farm	Location Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway	Status Approved	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 3.14 ha	Approved 17 Jul 2025
FPA-10680 Holm Farm	Location Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 2.21 ha	Decision issued 3 Aug 2023