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FPA-13641

Clarilawmuir

Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Clarilawmuir Wood
Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT508281

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 August 2026
  2. Application accepted 19 August 2026
  3. Consultation opens 26 August 2026
  4. Consultation closes 23 September 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
26.53 ha
Conifer
25.80 ha
Broadleaf
0.73 ha

Official source

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FPA-13641

Find FPA-13641 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 August 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 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.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

Whitlaw Mosses

Site 1636

Official SiteLink record for Whitlaw Mosses
Designation MIXED Proximity 457 m away Published area 21.51 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Whitmuirhall Loch

Site 1638

Official SiteLink record for Whitmuirhall Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 899 m away Published area 11.86 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Selkirk Racecourse Moss

Site 1416

Official SiteLink record for Selkirk Racecourse Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 904 m away Published area 4.31 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Lindean Reservoir

Site 935

Official SiteLink record for Lindean Reservoir
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 13.28 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Whitlaw Rig

Site 1637

Official SiteLink record for Whitlaw Rig
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.3 km away Published area 5.97 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 508 280

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 210

Noncalcareous gleys

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

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

  • Ettrick · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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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.