FPA-12319

Hearthstanes Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Hearthstanes Farm Woodlands
Nearest town: Tweedsmuir
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference: NT111259

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 5 March 2025
Application accepted 5 March 2025
Consultation opens 12 March 2025
Consultation closes 9 April 2025
Decision issued 14 April 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 0.04 ha
Conifer: 0.04 ha

Official source

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FPA-12319

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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27 Aug 2026, 14:01 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:58 BST

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 Apr 2025 – 30 Apr 2025
Felling area: 0.04 ha
Estimated volume: 24 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.04 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Beech Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
100	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.04 ha	45 yr	40	24 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
100	Replant felled area	Scots pine	50%	0.02 ha	2,500	—	—
100	Replant felled area	Beech	50%	0.02 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
STH22_0659 Great Hill 6 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 153 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0005 Oliver Forest P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.6 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0305_0311 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 2.5 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0485_A P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.4 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0485_B P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.8 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
River Tweed Site 1366 Official SiteLink record for River Tweed ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 171 m away	Published area 2,533.66 ha	Geographic scope MIXED
Tweedsmuir Hills Site 1573 Official SiteLink record for Tweedsmuir Hills ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.2 km away	Published area 8,896.77 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 171 m away

Published area 2,533.66 ha

Geographic scope MIXED

Tweedsmuir Hills

Site 1573

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.2 km away

Published area 8,896.77 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 110 258

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

National soil map of Scotland

Alluvial soils

Map unit 1

Mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association: Alluvial Soils
Parent material: Recent riverine and lacustrine alluvial deposits
Landform: Flood plains with river terraces and former lake beds

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Alluvial_loamy_wet · 25% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_sandy_dry · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_sandy_wet · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
Alluvial_loamy_dry · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
Alluvial_silty_clay · 10% Mineral alluvial soils

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees