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FPA-13383

Barchain Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Barchain Forest
Nearest town
Dalbeattie
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX805580

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 8 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 27 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 27 May 2026
  5. Decision issued 29 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
21.90 ha
Conifer
14.95 ha
Broadleaf
0.41 ha

Official source

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FPA-13383

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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
10 Apr 2026 – 10 Apr 2027
Felling area
21.9 ha
Estimated volume
12,132.6 m³
Proposed restocking
21.9 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
4 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.51 ha 37 yr 1,020 316.2 m³
4 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.04 ha 37 yr 80 24.8 m³
4 Clear Felling Birch 0.04 ha 37 yr 80 6 m³
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.87 ha 37 yr 1,740 478.5 m³
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.51 ha 37 yr 1,020 198.9 m³
1 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.51 ha 37 yr 1,020 316.2 m³
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.25 ha 37 yr 500 75 m³
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.08 ha 38 yr 160 31.2 m³
1 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.08 ha 38 yr 160 49.6 m³
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.04 ha 38 yr 80 12 m³
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 4.09 ha 37 yr 8,180 2,249.5 m³
2 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.75 ha 37 yr 1,500 225 m³
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.45 ha 37 yr 900 279 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 37 yr 600 186 m³
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 4.82 ha 37 yr 9,640 2,988.4 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.38 ha 37 yr 2,760 855.6 m³
2 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.69 ha 37 yr 1,380 207 m³
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.58 ha 37 yr 3,160 869 m³
2 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.18 ha 37 yr 360 54 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.88 ha 37 yr 1,760 545.6 m³
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.05 ha 37 yr 100 31 m³
2 Clear Felling Birch 0.05 ha 37 yr 100 7.5 m³
4 Clear Felling Douglas fir 2.92 ha 37 yr 5,840 1,810.4 m³
4 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 0.32 ha 37 yr 0 0 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.51 ha 37 yr 1,020 316.2 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 10.46% 2.29 ha 1,600
1 Create Designed Open Ground 6.99% 1.53 ha
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 5.57% 1.22 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 2.37% 0.52 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 16.3% 3.57 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 8.31% 1.82 ha 2,500
2 Create Designed Open Ground 2.65% 0.58 ha
4 Replant felled area Douglas fir 11.96% 2.62 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Douglas fir 2.83% 0.62 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 1.87% 0.41 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.82% 0.18 ha 1,600
4 Create Designed Open Ground 0.55% 0.12 ha
4 Replant felled area Norway spruce 4.34% 0.95 ha 2,500
4 Create Designed Open Ground 0.5% 0.11 ha
2 Replant felled area Douglas fir 24.47% 5.36 ha 2,500
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 805 579

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

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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