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FPA-12348

Minuntion Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 1-4
Nearest town
Barr
Local authority
South Ayrshire Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX227911

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 7 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 31 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 28 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 21 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
3.24 ha
Conifer
2.25 ha
Broadleaf
0.14 ha

Official source

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FPA-12348

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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

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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 May 2025 – 1 May 2027
Felling area
3.24 ha
Estimated volume
690 m³
Proposed restocking
3.24 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Larch 0.75 ha 25 yr 600 110 m³
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.6 ha 25 yr 450 80 m³
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.14 ha 25 yr 150 25 m³
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.3 ha 40 yr 350 140 m³
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.5 ha 40 yr 450 180 m³
2 Clear Felling Larch 0.17 ha 40 yr 100 40 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.43 ha 35 yr 150 40 m³
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.35 ha 30 yr 300 75 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Douglas fir area 11.73% 0.38 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled Norway spruce area 11.42% 0.37 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled Noble fir area 11.42% 0.37 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 11.42% 0.37 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled Norway spruce area 14.81% 0.48 ha 2,700
2 Replant felled Douglas fir area 15.12% 0.49 ha 2,700
3 Replant felled Birch area 13.27% 0.43 ha 1,600
4 Replant felled Norway spruce area 4.01% 0.13 ha 2,700
4 Replant felled Mixed broadleaves area 6.79% 0.22 ha 1,600
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

UK/PH/AH/26072012b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/DK/09112012a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

S_P_0332_Lambdoughty

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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 226 911

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 206

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
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

F2 Very good 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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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.