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FPA-12314

Frostineb Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Z Wood
Nearest town
Fala
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT427595

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

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

Area

Total area
1.50 ha
Conifer
1.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-12314

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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
5 Mar 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area
1.5 ha
Estimated volume
191.2 m³
Thinning area
1.9 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
1.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larch

Proposed restocking species

Alder Aspen Birch Hazel Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Part 12 Selective Felling Hybrid larch 1.5 ha 50 yr 130 150 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
Part 12 Scots pine 0.2 ha 11.2 m³
Part 12 Hybrid larch 1.7 ha 30 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Part 10 Replant felled area Oak 30% 0.45 ha 1,600
Part 10 Replant felled area Birch 10% 0.15 ha 1,600
Part 10 Replant felled area Aspen 25% 0.38 ha 1,600
Part 10 Replant felled area Hazel 10% 0.15 ha 1,600
Part 10 Replant felled area Common alder 25% 0.38 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Fala Flow

Site 622

Official SiteLink record for Fala Flow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 45 m away Published area 317.75 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 427 595

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 562

Brown earths

Soil association
Tynehead
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones and Ordovician greywackes
Landform
Foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Salvandi · 50% Brown earths
  • Tynehead · 50% Brown earths
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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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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 1.15 ha Decision issued

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.