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FPA-12313

Chapel Mains 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: NT545420 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Chapel Mains Woodlands
Nearest town
Lauder
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT545420
Total area
10.17 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 4 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 20 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 17 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 25 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12313

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
Felling area
10.17 ha
Estimated volume
3,544 m³
Thinning area
0.59 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
10.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
5 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.75 ha 55 yr 240 190 m³ All
8 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.35 ha 55 yr 112 144 m³ All
10 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.9 ha 55 yr 320 410 m³ All 85%
10 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.1 ha 55 yr 40 50 m³ All 15%
15a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 55 yr 100 110 m³ All
15b Clear Felling Scots pine 0.18 ha 55 yr 65 50 m³ All
16 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.99 ha 55 yr 480 350 m³ All
19 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.06 ha 55 yr 45 30 m³ All 10%
19 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.52 ha 55 yr 200 180 m³ All 85%
19 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.03 ha 55 yr 30 15 m³ All 5%
23 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.35 ha 55 yr 600 400 m³ All 35%
23 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.13 ha 55 yr 590 1,180 m³ All 55%
23 Clear Felling Larch 0.4 ha 55 yr 50 40 m³ All 10%
38 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.52 ha 55 yr 50 40 m³ All
40 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.19 ha 55 yr 280 190 m³ All
50 Clear Felling Larch 0.32 ha 55 yr 180 95 m³ All 80%
50 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.08 ha 55 yr 40 30 m³ All 20%

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
26 Scots pine 0.25 ha 20 m³
26 Larch 0.12 ha 15 m³
26 Mixed broadleaves 0.22 ha 5 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
5 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.75 ha 2,500 — —
8 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.35 ha 2,500 — —
10 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 1 ha 2,500 — —
15a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.3 ha 2,500 — —
15b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.18 ha 2,500 — —
16 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.99 ha 2,500 — —
19 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 52.46% 0.32 ha 2,500 — —
19 Create Designed Open Ground — 32.79% 0.2 ha — — —
19 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 14.75% 0.09 ha 1,600 — —
23 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70.1% 2.72 ha 2,500 — —
23 Replant felled area Douglas fir 23.2% 0.9 ha 2,500 — —
23 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5.41% 0.21 ha 1,600 — —
23 Create Designed Open Ground — 1.29% 0.05 ha — — —
38 Replant felled area Scots pine 19.23% 0.1 ha 2,500 — —
38 Replant felled area Douglas fir 19.23% 0.1 ha 2,500 — —
38 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 48.08% 0.25 ha 1,600 — —
38 Create Designed Open Ground — 13.46% 0.07 ha — — —
40 Replant felled area Scots pine 21.01% 0.25 ha 2,500 — —
40 Replant felled area Douglas fir 21.01% 0.25 ha 2,500 — —
40 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 42.02% 0.5 ha 1,600 — —
40 Create Designed Open Ground — 15.97% 0.19 ha — — —
50 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.4 ha 1,600 — —

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FLA03069 Chapel Mains Farm Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 700 m away Area 2.6 ha Decision issued
FPA-9790 South Blainslie Farm Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 0.62 ha Decision issued
FPA-9799 Over Blainslie Farm Location

Nether Blainslie

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 1.4 ha Decision issued
FPA-13087 Woodlea Location

Blainslie

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.31 ha Approved
FPA-10669 Woodlea Location

Blainslie, Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.31 ha Decision issued

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
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 43.19 ha Approved
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs Location

Langshaw

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.4 km away Area 91.8 ha Approved
19FGS39823 Colmsliehill Native Woodland Location

GALASHIELS

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 5.88 ha Approved
26FGS94619 Allan Water Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Open For Comment Distance 4.2 km away Area 44.47 ha Consultation ends
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 4.2 km away Area 21.69 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

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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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