FPA-12381

Barburgh Mill

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Barburgh Mill
Nearest town: Auldgirth
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NX901883

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 20 March 2025
Application accepted 20 March 2025
Consultation opens 2 June 2025
Consultation closes 30 June 2025
Decision issued Not yet
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 0.18 ha
Broadleaf: 0.18 ha

Official source

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FPA-12381

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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
27 Aug 2026, 13:34 BST

Information from the application PDF is available below.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:53 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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 Mar 2025 – 1 Feb 2027
Felling area: 0.18 ha
Estimated volume: 16.96 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.18 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Beech Oak Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Beech Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt1	Clear Felling	Oak	0.06 ha	—	11	1.76 m³	Boundary Marked
Cpt1	Clear Felling	Beech	0.1 ha	—	12	14.52 m³	Boundary marked
Cpt1	Clear Felling	Sycamore	0.01 ha	—	3	0.48 m³	Boundary marked
Cpt2	Felling Individual Trees	Oak	0.01 ha	—	1	0.2 m³	Tree Marked

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt1	Replant felled area	Beech	33.33%	0.06 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt1	Replant felled area	Oak	27.78%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt2	Replant felled area	Beech	16.67%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt2	Replant felled area	Oak	22.22%	0.04 ha	1,600	—	—

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
STH20_0182_0183_0458_0460_1111_1112 River Nith (Blackwood Estate) Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 214 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0727_0901 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 460 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH21_0350 Barndennoch Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 769 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH18_0975_1273 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 914 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_1111a Blackwood Bridge P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.2 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 · NX 901 882

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 579

Brown earths with mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association: Yarrow
Parent material: Fluvioglacial gravels and sands derived mainly from greywackes
Landform: Terraces of fluvioglacial and riverine origin with gentle slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Yarrow · 70% Brown earths
Alluvial_loamy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_pal · 5% Peaty alluvial soils
Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils

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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA01462 Barburgh Mill	Location Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 100 m away	Area 0.96 ha	Decision issued 22 Jul 2016
CB499890 Barburgh Mill	Location Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 100 m away	Area 0.72 ha	Decision issued 3 Sept 2014
CB446950 Barburgh Mill	Location Auldgirth Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 400 m away	Area 2.1 ha	Decision issued 18 Jun 2014
FPA-8480 Blackwood	Location Auldgirth Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 539 m away	Area 0.5 ha	Decision issued 2 Dec 2021
CB482759 Barndennoch Farm	Location Auldgirth Dumfries and Galloway	Status Expired	Distance 825 m away	Area 3.87 ha	Decision issued 29 Aug 2014