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FPA-12118

Cowdenknowes 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.

  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT579372 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Cpts. 29, 38d, 44, 48a, 48b
Nearest town
Earlston
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT579372
Total area
0.03 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 13 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 13 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 24 March 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12118

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
31 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Felling area
0 ha
Estimated volume
657 m³
Thinning area
14.15 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
29 Mixed broadleaves 1.45 ha 32 m³
38d Mixed broadleaves 1.99 ha 45 m³
44 Sitka spruce 3.5 ha 300 m³
44 Larch 0.11 ha 10 m³
48a1 Larch 0.3 ha 10 m³
48a1 Scots pine 0.3 ha 10 m³
48a2 Larch 2.5 ha 105 m³
48a2 Douglas fir 0.3 ha 15 m³
48b Mixed broadleaves 1.35 ha 45 m³
48b Scots pine 1.35 ha 60 m³
Roadside Mixed broadleaves 1 ha 25 m³

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-10078 Georgefield Farm Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 884 m away Area 0.16 ha Decision issued
FPA-6990 Georgefield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 884 m away Area 0.16 ha Decision issued
FLA01144 Cowdenknowes Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 888 m away Area 1 ha Decision issued
FPA-6992 Georgefield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 892 m away Area 13.6 ha Decision issued
FPA-13247 Cowdenknowes Mains Farm Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 996 m away Area 3.79 ha Approved

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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.6 km away Area 3.36 ha Approved
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation Location

Newton St Boswells

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 4.8 km away Area 2.53 ha Approved
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 5.1 km away Area 5.7 ha Approved
17FGS14917 Lightfields Plantation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.3 km away Area 13.17 ha Approved
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs Location

Langshaw

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.4 km away Area 91.8 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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