FPA-12389
Low Airies
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Low Airies
- Nearest town
- Kirkcowan
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Conservancy
- South Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NX259660
Key dates
- Application registered 21 March 2025
- Application accepted 18 March 2025
- Consultation opens 23 April 2025
- Consultation closes 21 May 2025
- Decision issued 6 June 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2027
Area
- Total area
- 27.87 ha
- Conifer
- 27.87 ha
Official source
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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Track changes
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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 May 2025 – 1 Apr 2026
- Felling area
- 26.69 ha
- Estimated volume
- 7,047.5 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 26.69 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 25.04 ha | 27 yr | 45,118 | 6,635 m³ | — |
| 1B | Clear Felling | Hybrid larch | 1.65 ha | 27 yr | 2,805 | 412.5 m³ | — |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 59.8% | 15.96 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 1B | Replant felled area | Douglas fir | 15.55% | 4.15 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 1C | Replant felled area | Mixed native broadleaves | 11.61% | 3.1 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1D | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 13.04% | 3.48 ha | — | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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No SSSIs within 2 km.
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NX 258 660
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peat
Map unit 215
Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers
- Soil association
- Ettrick
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
- Landform
- Valley floors and lowlands with rock knolls and moundy moraines: complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Semi-confined peat · 85% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
- ETTRICK(PRANK) · 15% Peaty rankers
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nearby records
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