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FLA00658

Polbae

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
CPt 303
Nearest town
Newton Stewart
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX273739

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 9 July 2015
  3. Consultation opens 30 July 2015
  4. Consultation closes 27 August 2015
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
33.62 ha
Conifer
33.62 ha

Official source

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FLA00658

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

UK/PH/AH/24082012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.4 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 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/JM/03082012B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/AH/26072012d

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/IM/29112011

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Blood Moss

Site 232

Official SiteLink record for Blood Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 10.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Kirkcowan Flow

Site 870

Official SiteLink record for Kirkcowan Flow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 776.75 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 273 739

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

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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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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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.