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FPA-12090

Shennanton Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Bartyke, Meadow Hill & Bartaskie
Nearest town
Kirkcowan
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX319671

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 December 2024
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 26 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 26 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 27 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
6.94 ha
Conifer
6.17 ha
Broadleaf
0.77 ha

Official source

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FPA-12090

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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 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area
6.94 ha
Estimated volume
2,461 m³
Proposed restocking
6.94 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.57 ha 45 yr 1,350 620 m³
A Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.4 ha 45 yr 350 140 m³
B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.9 ha 45 yr 1,600 750 m³
B Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.6 ha 45 yr 480 220 m³
B Clear Felling Beech 0.16 ha 45 yr 120 25 m³
B Clear Felling Sycamore 0.16 ha 45 yr 120 25 m³
B Clear Felling Oak 0.15 ha 45 yr 100 25 m³
C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 50 yr 160 m³
C Clear Felling Japanese larch 1.3 ha 50 yr 450 m³
C Clear Felling Sycamore 0.12 ha 50 yr 90 18 m³
C Clear Felling Beech 0.12 ha 50 yr 90 18 m³
C Clear Felling Birch 0.06 ha 50 yr 50 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 28.39% 1.97 ha 2,500
B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 27.38% 1.9 ha 2,500
B Replant felled area Norway spruce 8.65% 0.6 ha 2,500
B Replant felled area Oak 3.6% 0.25 ha 1,600
B Replant felled area Rowan 3.17% 0.22 ha 1,600
C Replant felled area Norway spruce 24.5% 1.7 ha 2,500
C Replant felled area Oak 2.16% 0.15 ha 1,600
C Replant felled area Rowan 2.16% 0.15 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_FC_0488_Blackquarter

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.2 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Ring Moss

Site 1353

Official SiteLink record for Ring Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 661 m away Published area 52.35 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 319 671

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 211

Dystrophic semi-confined peat with brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Drumlins with intervening simple and complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Semi-confined peat · 70% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
  • Linhope · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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Status Approved Distance 2.1 km away Area 0.35 ha Approved

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.