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FPA-13005

California

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
California Plantation
Nearest town
Whithorn
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX427407

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 November 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 November 2025
  3. Consultation opens 30 April 2026
  4. Consultation closes 28 May 2026
  5. Decision issued 9 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
46.80 ha
Conifer
45.50 ha
Broadleaf
1.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-13005

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 9 September 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 Mar 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area
46.8 ha
Estimated volume
24,100 m³
Proposed restocking
46.8 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 21.9 ha 35 yr 32,850 11,500 m³
1 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.8 ha 35 yr 960 240 m³
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.7 ha 35 yr 840 210 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 22.8 ha 35 yr 34,200 11,970 m³
2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.6 ha 35 yr 720 180 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 97.44% 22.8 ha 2,500
1 Create Designed Open Ground 2.56% 0.6 ha
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 85.04% 19.9 ha 2,500
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 14.96% 3.5 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Bailliewhirr

Site 118

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Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 354 m away Published area 35.22 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 427 406

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 207

Brown earths

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

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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