FPA-12183

Polmood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Polmood
Nearest town: Tweedsmuir
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference: NT118280

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 23 January 2025
Application accepted 23 January 2025
Consultation opens 31 January 2025
Consultation closes 28 February 2025
Decision issued 4 March 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 30.05 ha
Conifer: 30.05 ha

Official source

Copy this reference, then paste it into Case Reference on Scottish Forestry's register.

FPA-12183

Find FPA-12183 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

Standingwire added data from the PDF
27 Aug 2026, 14:04 BST

Information from the application PDF is available below.
View data added from the PDF →
First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:59 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: 27 Jan 2025 – 16 Jan 2027
Felling area: 110.77 ha
Estimated volume: 50,300 m³
Proposed restocking: 110.77 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Other conifers Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	51.27 ha	40 yr	73,350	25,000 m³	N/A
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	55.73 ha	40 yr	70,700	23,500 m³	N/A
2	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	3.77 ha	40 yr	5,600	1,800 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	74.86%	38.38 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Other conifers	12.81%	6.57 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	5.5%	2.82 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Create Designed Open Ground	—	6.83%	3.5 ha	—	—	—
2	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	56.72%	33.75 ha	2,500	—	—
2	Replant felled area	Other conifers	25.92%	15.42 ha	2,500	—	—
2	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	4.61%	2.74 ha	1,600	—	—
2	Create Designed Open Ground	—	12.76%	7.59 ha	—	—	—

Early access

Indicative conifer market context

Indicative conifer standing-timber benchmark

Available to users with early access.

Explore this application's conifer crop benchmark, fifteen years of price history and the assumptions behind the figures.

Request early access

Illustrative preview · Early access feature

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 1.7 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH18_0964 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 3.1 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0005 Oliver Forest P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.6 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0305_0311 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 4.6 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
Tweedsmuir Hills Site 1573 Official SiteLink record for Tweedsmuir Hills ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 292 m away	Published area 8,896.77 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
River Tweed Site 1366 Official SiteLink record for River Tweed ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 702 m away	Published area 2,533.66 ha	Geographic scope MIXED

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Tweedsmuir Hills

Site 1573

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 292 m away

Published area 8,896.77 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 702 m away

Published area 2,533.66 ha

Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 117 280

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 228

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Hills with simple convex strong and steep slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols

View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees