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FPA-12092

Langton

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Brig 2 Back Rigg Burn)
Nearest town
Duns
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT735531

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 December 2024
  2. Application accepted 10 December 2024
  3. Consultation opens 21 January 2025
  4. Consultation closes 18 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 February 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
1.20 ha
Conifer
1.20 ha

Official source

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FPA-12092

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

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    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
2 Feb 2025 – 2 Jan 2026
Felling area
1.2 ha
Estimated volume
3,000 m³
Proposed restocking
1.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.2 ha 45 yr 3,000 3,000 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
6 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 75% 0.9 ha 2,500
6 Create Designed Open Ground 10% 0.12 ha
6 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 15% 0.18 ha 1,100
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Protected places

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Langtonlees Cleugh

Site 907

Official SiteLink record for Langtonlees Cleugh
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 352 m away Published area 13.59 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 735 531

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 365

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleyed podzols with brown earths

Soil association
Lauder
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Undulating uplands and depressions with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Lylestone · 35% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Ewelairs · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Lauder · 30% 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.