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FPA-12302

Mochrum Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Port William
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX318499

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 4 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 29 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 28 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 2 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
14.05 ha
Conifer
14.05 ha

Official source

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FPA-12302

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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
4 Mar 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
Felling area
14.05 ha
Estimated volume
7,186 m³
Proposed restocking
14.05 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.55 ha 40 yr 970 291 m³ n/a
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 11.19 ha 40 yr 19,586 5,876 m³ n/a
3 Clear Felling Larch 0.85 ha 40 yr 850 255 m³ n/a
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.79 ha 40 yr 1,421 421 m³ n/a
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.67 ha 40 yr 1,204 343 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 0.55 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 11.19 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 0.85 ha 1,600
4 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 0.79 ha 1,600
5 Replant felled Woody shrubs area 100% 0.67 ha 1,600
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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 317 499

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 207

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Lowlands with gentle and strong complex slopes: slightly to moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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