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FPA-12300

Drumcork Farm

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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NX884966 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Curlingpond Plantation
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NX884966
Total area
0.15 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 26 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 8 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 6 May 2025
  5. Decision issued 8 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12300

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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 2029
Felling area
0.15 ha
Estimated volume
1,221 m³
Thinning area
3.98 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.15 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larchScots pine

Proposed restocking species

RowanSessile oakSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.13 ha 50 yr 31 36 m³ —
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.02 ha 1,006,100 yr 6 30 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1 Hybrid larch 0.46 ha 35 m³
2 Norway spruce 1.38 ha 621 m³
2 Grand fir 0.34 ha 219 m³
2 Sessile oak 0.45 ha 70 m³
2 Silver birch 0.45 ha 70 m³
2 Cherry 0.45 ha 70 m³
2 Sycamore 0.45 ha 70 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1 Replant felled area Silver birch 60% 0.09 ha 1,600 — —
1 Replant felled area Sessile oak 20% 0.03 ha 1,600 — —
1 Replant felled area Rowan 20% 0.03 ha 1,600 — —

Nearby

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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
CB310590 Hayfield Farm Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 5.09 ha Decision issued
CB04433 Queensberry South Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 9 ha Decision issued
FPA-12232 Morton Wood - Queensberry Estate Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 1.3 km away Area 2.33 ha Approved
CB300838 Queensberry Estate - Morton Wood Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 12.3 ha Decision issued
FPA-13233 Queensberry Est - Morton Wood Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 14.06 ha Approved

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
15FGS04175 Morton Wood Extension Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 1.3 km away Area 99.44 ha Approved
17FGS20577 WC Poorhouse belt Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 1.5 km away Area 2.11 ha Approved
17FGS16737 WC Drumshinnoch Wood Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 2.9 km away Area 6.59 ha Approved
16FGS13338 WC Lairds Rig Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 5.0 km away Area 16.69 ha Approved
19FGS37198 WC Auchenbainzie Location

Penpont

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 5.6 km away Area 95.2 ha Approved

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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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