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FPA-12077

Oldcastles Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
2a,3,5,6,7a,7b,9,10,12,15b,16,17,18 & 19
Nearest town
Chirnside
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT880591

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 December 2024
  2. Application accepted 3 December 2024
  3. Consultation opens 5 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 5 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 14 March 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
5.49 ha
Conifer
3.91 ha
Broadleaf
1.45 ha

Official source

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FPA-12077

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

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    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
1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jan 2027
Felling area
5.49 ha
Estimated volume
1,738 m³
Thinning area
10.68 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
5.49 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash Beech Birch Cherry Corsican pine Grand fir Hybrid larch Japanese larch Mixed broadleaves Mixed conifers Norway spruce Oak Scots pine Sitka spruce Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Blackthorn Hawthorn Hazel Norway spruce Rowan Scots pine Sessile oak Silver birch Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2a Clear Felling Corsican pine 0.72 ha 34 yr 500 200 m³ N/A
2a Clear Felling Birch 0.36 ha 34 yr 250 70 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.07 ha 34 yr 80 20 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Corsican pine 0.27 ha 34 yr 235 90 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.18 ha 34 yr 125 25 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Oak 0.07 ha 34 yr 75 15 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.12 ha 40 yr 45 45 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Grand fir 0.02 ha 40 yr 10 5 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.05 ha 40 yr 12 20 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.03 ha 40 yr 20 10 m³ N/A
7a Clear Felling Oak 0.18 ha 40 yr 140 35 m³ N/A
7a Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.09 ha 40 yr 80 22 m³ N/A
7a Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 40 yr 30 10 m³ N/A
7a Clear Felling Scots pine 0.03 ha 40 yr 25 5 m³ N/A
7a Clear Felling Cherry 0.02 ha 40 yr 10 3 m³ N/A
7b Clear Felling Scots pine 0.33 ha 60 yr 120 120 m³ N/A
7b Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.03 ha 60 yr 12 6 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.11 ha 44 yr 75 27 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.19 ha 44 yr 135 54 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.08 ha 44 yr 45 9 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.16 ha 56 yr 50 80 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.06 ha 56 yr 15 5 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.1 ha 56 yr 30 35 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Grand fir 0.08 ha 56 yr 25 20 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Beech 0.04 ha 56 yr 12 5 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Oak 0.04 ha 56 yr 10 2 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.02 ha 56 yr 6 3 m³ N/A
16 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.08 ha 34 yr 45 15 m³ N/A
16 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.05 ha 34 yr 30 9 m³ N/A
16 Clear Felling Ash 0.03 ha 34 yr 15 3 m³ N/A
16 Clear Felling Oak 0.05 ha 34 yr 30 9 m³ N/A
17 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.25 ha 40 yr 150 60 m³ N/A
17 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.21 ha 40 yr 130 40 m³ N/A
17 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 40 yr 40 20 m³ N/A
17 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.17 ha 40 yr 100 25 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.37 ha 30 yr 280 85 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.03 ha 30 yr 30 6 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Oak 0.26 ha 30 yr 200 40 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.1 ha 30 yr 75 15 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.11 ha 30 yr 85 25 m³ N/A
18 Clear Felling Cherry 0.01 ha 30 yr 15 5 m³ N/A
19 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.1 ha 60 yr 65 40 m³ N/A
19 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.07 ha 60 yr 50 25 m³ N/A
19 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.03 ha 60 yr 15 5 m³ N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
2a Corsican pine 0.43 ha 12 m³
2a Birch 0.22 ha 4 m³
3 Corsican pine 0.21 ha 8 m³
5 Scots pine 0.39 ha 8 m³
5 Corsican pine 0.82 ha 25 m³
5 Japanese larch 0.39 ha 6 m³
6 Sitka spruce 0.05 ha 2 m³
6 Japanese larch 0.28 ha 5 m³
6 Scots pine 0.09 ha 3 m³
6 Grand fir 0.05 ha 1 m³
7a Japanese larch 0.24 ha 10 m³
7a Sycamore 0.21 ha 9 m³
7a Scots pine 0.24 ha 8 m³
9 Scots pine 0.32 ha 13 m³
9 Japanese larch 0.4 ha 15 m³
9 Mixed broadleaves 0.08 ha 2 m³
10 Oak 0.07 ha 2 m³
10 Scots pine 0.5 ha 20 m³
10 Japanese larch 0.34 ha 25 m³
10 Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 5 m³
10 Beech 0.08 ha 3 m³
10 Ash 0.13 ha 5 m³
12 Scots pine 0.42 ha 10 m³
12 Hybrid larch 0.35 ha 7 m³
12 Mixed broadleaves 0.01 ha 2 m³
12 Mixed conifers 0.01 ha 1 m³
15b Scots pine 0.09 ha 30 m³
15b Japanese larch 0.05 ha 10 m³
15b Beech 0.05 ha 5 m³
15b Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 10 m³
15b Mixed conifers 0.28 ha 30 m³
16 Scots pine 0.15 ha 4 m³
16 Japanese larch 0.15 ha 4 m³
16 Ash 0.1 ha 2 m³
17 Scots pine 0.46 ha 10 m³
17 Japanese larch 0.26 ha 6 m³
17 Sitka spruce 0.26 ha 5 m³
17 Ash 0.41 ha 5 m³
18 Scots pine 0.71 ha 15 m³
18 Norway spruce 0.58 ha 10 m³
18 Mixed conifers 0.34 ha 8 m³
18 Mixed broadleaves 0.29 ha 5 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
All Replant felled area Silver birch 26.96% 1.48 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Sessile oak 18.03% 0.99 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Rowan 12.02% 0.66 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Sycamore 2.91% 0.16 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Norway spruce 14.94% 0.82 ha 2,500 — —
All Replant felled area Scots pine 14.94% 0.82 ha 2,500 — —
All Replant felled area Hawthorn 1.82% 0.1 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Blackthorn 1.64% 0.09 ha 1,600 — —
All Replant felled area Hazel 1.64% 0.09 ha 1,600 — —
All Create Designed Open Ground — 5.1% 0.28 ha — — —
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 880 590

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 198

Brown earths with mineral alluvial soils

Soil association
Eckford
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Terraces of fluvioglacial and riverine origin with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Eckford · 70% Brown earths
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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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