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FPA-12434

Garfwaterhead

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Garfwaterhead
Nearest town
Rigside
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS904332

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 17 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 15 May 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
18.42 ha
Conifer
18.42 ha

Official source

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FPA-12434

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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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  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 Jun 2025 – 1 Jun 2027
Felling area
18.42 ha
Estimated volume
4,605 m³
Proposed restocking
18.42 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2&3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 18.42 ha 37 yr 36,840 4,605 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2&3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 63.25% 11.65 ha 2,500
2&3 Replant felled area Norway spruce 19.71% 3.63 ha 2,500
2&3 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.16% 0.95 ha 1,600
2&3 Create Designed Open Ground 11.89% 2.19 ha
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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

Tinto Hills

Site 1540

Official SiteLink record for Tinto Hills
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 1,480.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 903 332

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 473

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Undulating foothills with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Atton · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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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.