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FPA-13391

Kirkton Farm

Under Consideration Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Kirkton woods
Nearest town
Hawick
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT536136

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 9 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 11 August 2026
  4. Consultation closes 8 September 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
12.93 ha
Conifer
12.46 ha
Broadleaf
0.47 ha

Official source

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FPA-13391

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First archived 12 August 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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  2. Status changed

    From
    Open For Comment
    To
    Under Consideration
  3. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

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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
11 Aug 2026 – 1 Jun 2028
Felling area
12.93 ha
Estimated volume
3,032 m³
Proposed restocking
12.93 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.79 ha 45 yr 1,700 310 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.07 ha 45 yr 800 240 m³ N/A
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 45 yr 720 170 m³ N/A
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.82 ha 45 yr 1,100 310 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.9 ha 45 yr 900 230 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 45 yr 950 205 m³ N/A
7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.16 ha 45 yr 160 40 m³ N/A
8 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.9 ha 45 yr 700 200 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 45 yr 450 145 m³ N/A
10 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.9 ha 45 yr 900 200 m³ N/A
11 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.21 ha 45 yr 550 110 m³ N/A
12 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.36 ha 45 yr 300 90 m³ N/A
13 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 45 yr 600 120 m³ N/A
14 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.2 ha 45 yr 1,400 230 m³ N/A
3 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.14 ha 45 yr 100 20 m³ N/A
3 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.06 ha 45 yr 80 20 m³ N/A
4 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.13 ha 45 yr 100 40 m³ N/A
5 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.04 ha 45 yr 50 10 m³ N/A
6 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.07 ha 45 yr 30 5 m³ N/A
7 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.7 ha 45 yr 800 150 m³ N/A
8 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.14 ha 45 yr 150 40 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.13 ha 45 yr 50 15 m³ N/A
9 Clear Felling Larch 0.3 ha 45 yr 200 50 m³ N/A
10 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.06 ha 45 yr 50 20 m³ N/A
11 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.25 ha 45 yr 50 15 m³ N/A
11 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.05 ha 45 yr 50 15 m³ N/A
11 Clear Felling Larch 0.05 ha 45 yr 10 2 m³ N/A
13 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.05 ha 45 yr 50 5 m³ N/A
13 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.05 ha 45 yr 50 5 m³ N/A
14 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.1 ha 45 yr 50 10 m³ N/A
14 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 45 yr 50 10 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 60% 1.07 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 40% 0.72 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 1.07 ha 2,700
3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.7 ha 2,700
4 Replant felled area Douglas fir 65.05% 0.62 ha 2,700
5 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.94 ha 2,700
6 Replant felled area Douglas fir 10% 0.09 ha 2,700
6 Replant felled area Scots pine 45% 0.39 ha 2,700
6 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 45% 0.39 ha 1,600
7 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.86 ha 2,700
8 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 1.04 ha 2,700
9 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.83 ha 2,700
10 Replant felled area Scots pine 33.02% 0.32 ha 2,700
10 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 66.98% 0.64 ha 1,600
11 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.56 ha 2,700
12 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.36 ha 1,600
13 Replant felled area Scots pine 100% 0.6 ha 2,700
14 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 72.14% 1.01 ha 2,700
4 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 14.95% 0.14 ha 1,600
4 Create Designed Open Ground 20% 0.19 ha
14 Create Designed Open Ground 27.86% 0.39 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_1246

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 5.0 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

Kirkton Burn Meadow

Site 874

Official SiteLink record for Kirkton Burn Meadow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 460 m away Published area 4.89 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Adderstonlee Moss

Site 17

Official SiteLink record for Adderstonlee Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.3 km away Published area 15.65 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Buckstruther Moss

Site 269

Official SiteLink record for Buckstruther Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 3.62 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 535 136

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 206

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 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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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.