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FPA-12423

Garroch

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Garroch
Nearest town
St Johns Town of Dalry
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX597812

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 1 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 25 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 25 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 25 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
14.10 ha
Conifer
9.82 ha
Broadleaf
3.03 ha

Official source

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FPA-12423

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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 – 1 Aug 2027
Felling area
14.1 ha
Estimated volume
3,867.61 m³
Proposed restocking
14.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.99 ha 35 yr 4,788 1,197 m³
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.25 ha 40 yr 300 75 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.25 ha 40 yr 300 75 m³
2 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.25 ha 40 yr 300 75 m³
3a Clear Felling Hybrid larch 4.42 ha 40 yr 5,304 1,326 m³
3a Clear Felling Sycamore 1.12 ha 40 yr 1,344 336 m³
3b Clear Felling Oak 1.21 ha 40 yr 12 0.61 m³
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.58 ha 40 yr 696 174 m³
4 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.26 ha 40 yr 312 78 m³
5 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.67 ha 40 yr 804 201 m³
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 40 yr 480 120 m³
5 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.7 ha 40 yr 840 210 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 28.3% 3.99 ha 1,500
2 Replant felled area Scots pine 5.32% 0.75 ha 2,500
3a Replant felled area Douglas fir 19.61% 2.77 ha 2,500
3a Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 19.61% 2.77 ha 1,600
4 Restock by natural regeneration Oak 5.96% 0.84 ha 2,500
5 Replant felled area Norway spruce 6.31% 0.89 ha 2,500
5 Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 6.31% 0.89 ha 1,600
3b Replant felled area Oak 8.58% 1.21 ha 1,600
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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

S_P_Pram13_0651_Barskeoch

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/034/LZ/19112012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

S_P_Pram13_0809/0810/0811_Holm Farm

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.9 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Water of Ken Woods

Site 1597

Official SiteLink record for Water of Ken Woods
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 67 m away Published area 70.21 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Hannaston Wood

Site 764

Official SiteLink record for Hannaston Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 804 m away Published area 26.01 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 596 811

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 223

Brown earths with rankers

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with strong and steep complex slopes: moderately to very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 70% Brown earths
  • ETTRICK(RANK) · 30% Rankers
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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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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.