FPA-13324

Hollybush 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

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

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Cpt's 4b & 6a
Nearest town: Galashiels
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT489352
Total area: 0.97 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 11 March 2026
Application accepted 12 March 2026
Consultation opens 23 April 2026
Consultation closes 21 May 2026
Decision issued 28 May 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13324

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 May 2026 – 30 Jun 2028
Felling area: 0.97 ha
Estimated volume: 0 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.97 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

OakScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4b	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.58 ha	55 yr	—	—	N/A
6a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.38 ha	65 yr	—	—	N/A
6a	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.01 ha	60 yr	—	—	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4b	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	52%	0.5 ha	2,500	—	—
4b	Replant felled area	Oak	7%	0.07 ha	1,600	—	—
6a	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	18%	0.17 ha	2,500	—	—
6a	Replant felled area	Scots pine	18%	0.17 ha	2,500	—	—
6a	Replant felled area	Oak	5%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—

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-9591 Hollybush and Gala Estate	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 269 m away	Area 3.02 ha	Decision issued 21 Nov 2022
FPA-11412 Gala Estate	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 460 m away	Area 0.09 ha	Decision issued 18 Apr 2024
FPA-11015 Tansy Knowe	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 460 m away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 10 Oct 2023
FPA-11016 No 8 Elm Grove	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 460 m away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 10 Oct 2023
FPA-10970 Gala Estate	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 460 m away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 10 Oct 2023

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
20FGS53203 Langlee Mains Native Woodland	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 6.79 ha	Approved 14 Dec 2020
16FGS07095 Langlee Mains New Native Woodland	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 14.37 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
19FGS43263 Easter Langlee woodland 2019	Location JEDBURGH Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 2.16 ha	Approved 13 Jan 2020
17FGS21617 Glendearg Native Woodlands 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 48.05 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
16FGS12599 Meigle NWC Phase 2	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 29.14 ha	Approved 13 Dec 2018

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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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:11 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 08:51 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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