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FPA-12414

Wauchope Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Lethem (part of Wauchope East Land Management Plan)
Nearest town
Southdean
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT629042

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 31 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 31 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 10 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 15 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
19.29 ha
Conifer
18.56 ha

Official source

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FPA-12414

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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
18 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
19.29 ha
Estimated volume
6,817.5 m³
Proposed restocking
19.29 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
56059 8622A(1) Clear Felling Sitka spruce 13.27 ha 31 yr 30,221 5,326 m³ N/A
56059 8622B(1) Clear Felling Hybrid larch 2.54 ha 31 yr 4,737 550 m³ N/A
56059 8622B(2) Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.51 ha 41 yr 969 238 m³ N/A
56059 8622B(3) Clear Felling Scots pine 0.34 ha 31 yr 761 30 m³ N/A
56059 8622C(2) Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.44 ha 31 yr 3,331 342 m³ N/A
56059 8622F(1) Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.73 ha 31 yr 1,451 159 m³ N/A
56059 8622G(1) Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 31 yr 902 159 m³ N/A
56059 8622H(1) Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.04 ha 31 yr 74 9 m³ N/A
56059 8622H(2) Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.01 ha 41 yr 15 4 m³ N/A
56059 8622H(3) Clear Felling Scots pine 0.01 ha 31 yr 12 0.5 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Coupe 56059 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 30.69% 5.92 ha 2,500
Coupe 56059 Replant felled area Norway spruce 20.48% 3.95 ha 2,500
Coupe 56059 Replant felled area Scots pine 24.83% 4.79 ha 2,500
Coupe 56059 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 12.03% 2.32 ha 1,600
Coupe 56059 Create Designed Open Ground 11.98% 2.31 ha
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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

STH24_0760

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1123_1124 Green Blinks

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 483 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0229 Green Law

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 677 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0758

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0897_0898

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.1 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Kielderhead Moors: Carter Fell to Peel Fell

Site 840

Official SiteLink record for Kielderhead Moors: Carter Fell to Peel Fell
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 870 m away Published area 954.39 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 628 042

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 95

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Carter
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous sandstones of the Calciferous Sandstone Series
Landform
Undulating hill and upland with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Carter · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.