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FPA-12321

Cairnsmore Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cairnsmore
Nearest town
Newton Stewart
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX464642

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 12 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 19 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 17 May 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
3.80 ha
Conifer
3.57 ha
Broadleaf
0.23 ha

Official source

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FPA-12321

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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
19 May 2025 – 31 Jul 2025
Felling area
3.8 ha
Estimated volume
1,729 m³
Proposed restocking
3.8 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
17d Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.71 ha 36 yr 1,000 110 m³ n/a
17b Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.03 ha 28 yr 15 1 m³ yes
17c Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.04 ha 28 yr 15 1 m³ yes
19a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.33 ha 37 yr 6,592 1,472 m³ n/a
19b Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.4 ha 37 yr 603 94 m³ n/a
19b Selective Felling Mixed native broadleaves 0.2 ha 37 yr 325 51 m³ n/a
19c Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.06 ha 37 yr n/a
19c Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 37 yr n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
19a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 50.26% 1.91 ha 2,700
19a Replant felled area Norway spruce 4.47% 0.17 ha 2,700
19a Create Designed Open Ground 6.58% 0.25 ha
19b Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 15.79% 0.6 ha 1,600
19c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 2.37% 0.09 ha 1,600
17b Create Designed Open Ground 0.79% 0.03 ha
17c Create Designed Open Ground 1.05% 0.04 ha
17d Replant felled area Norway spruce 11.84% 0.45 ha 2,700
17d Replant felled area Norway spruce 2.63% 0.1 ha 2,700
17d Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.58% 0.06 ha 1,600
17d Create Designed Open Ground 1.58% 0.06 ha
17d Create Designed Open Ground 1.05% 0.04 ha
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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

UK/PH/DK/06082012a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/DK/14082012b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 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 3.5 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 464 641

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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