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FPA-12232

Morton Wood - Queensberry Estate

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: NX893975 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Morton Wood
Nearest town
Thornhill
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NX893975
Total area
2.33 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 6 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 2 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 30 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 7 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-12232

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Mar 2025 – 1 Sept 2026
Felling area
2.33 ha
Estimated volume
1,000 m³
Thinning area
3.98 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
2.33 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
4318A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.63 ha 27 yr 1,500 600 m³ n/a
4324B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.7 ha 23 yr 1,000 200 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
4318B Sitka spruce 3.98 ha 200 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
4318A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 34.76% 0.81 ha 2,500 — —
4318B Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.15% 0.12 ha 1,600 — —
4318C Replant felled area Norway spruce 20.17% 0.47 ha 2,500 — —
4318D Create Designed Open Ground — 9.87% 0.23 ha — — —
4324N Replant felled area Sitka spruce 30.04% 0.7 ha 2,500 — —

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-13233 Queensberry Est - Morton Wood Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 416 m away Area 14.06 ha Approved
CB59812 Queensberry South - Morton Wood Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 646 m away Area 3.5 ha Decision issued
CB300838 Queensberry Estate - Morton Wood Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 769 m away Area 12.3 ha Decision issued
CB04433 Queensberry South Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 9 ha Decision issued
FPA-11848 Carronhill (Queensberry Estate) Location

Thornhill

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 1.3 km away Area 2.52 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 799 m away Area 99.44 ha Approved
17FGS16737 WC Drumshinnoch Wood Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 915 m away Area 6.59 ha Approved
17FGS20577 WC Poorhouse belt Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 3.0 km away Area 2.11 ha Approved
16FGS13338 WC Lairds Rig Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 3.2 km away Area 16.69 ha Approved
16FGS07235 Drumcruilton Forest Location

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 4.3 km away Area 107.56 ha Approved

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

Land listings

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Changes

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  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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