FPA-12434

Garfwaterhead

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Garfwaterhead
Nearest town: Rigside
Local authority: South Lanarkshire Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS904332
Total area: 18.42 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 3 April 2025
Application accepted 3 April 2025
Consultation opens 17 April 2025
Consultation closes 15 May 2025
Decision issued 20 May 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12434

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

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 broadleavesNorway spruceSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
2&3	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	18.42 ha	37 yr	36,840	4,605 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative 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	—	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-13394 Garfwaterhead Forest	Location Rigside South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 554 m away	Area 24.14 ha	Approved 12 May 2026
FLA03244 Garfwaterhead	Location Rigside South Lanarkshire	Status Expired	Distance 609 m away	Area 13.6 ha	Decision issued 17 Aug 2018
FLA01401 Garfwaterhead	Location Rigside South Lanarkshire	Status Expired	Distance 693 m away	Area 17.32 ha	Decision issued 9 Sept 2016
FPA-7787 Tinto	Location Lanark South Lanarkshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 16.6 ha	Decision issued 18 May 2021
FLA01551 Sornfallow Farm	Location Wiston South Lanarkshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 2.09 ha	Decision issued 20 Oct 2016

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
20FGS54264 ACREGATE NEW WOODLAND CREATION SHIELDS AND WHITESIDE	Location Rigside South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 185 ha	Approved 17 Mar 2022
24FGS77679 Dungavel Hill Woodland Creation	Location Wiston South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 66.81 ha	Approved 25 Apr 2024
21FGS61326 Eastend Carmichael Woodland Creation	Location Biggar South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.3 km away	Area 24.51 ha	Approved 28 Feb 2022
22FGS64925 Chesterhall woodland creation	Location Wiston South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.9 km away	Area 5.09 ha	Approved 15 Aug 2022
19FGS42423 Baitlaws phase 2	Location BIGGAR South Lanarkshire	Status Approved	Distance 9.3 km away	Area 5.23 ha	Approved 5 Oct 2020

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:40 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:56 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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