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FPA-11548

Blegbie Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Borland wood, back road wood
Nearest town
Haddington
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT479614

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 10 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 1 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 29 November 2024
  5. Decision issued 13 January 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
3.62 ha
Conifer
2.40 ha
Broadleaf
0.97 ha

Official source

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FPA-11548

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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
16 Oct 2024 – 1 Jul 2026
Felling area
3.62 ha
Estimated volume
1,210 m³
Proposed restocking
3.62 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 1 ha 350 m³
1 Clear Felling European larch 1 ha 350 m³
1 Clear Felling Birch 0.3 ha 75 m³
1 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.3 ha 100 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 200 m³
2 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.1 ha 20 m³
2 Clear Felling Birch 0.1 ha 20 m³
2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 20 m³
3 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.25 ha 40 m³
3 Clear Felling Birch 0.02 ha 5 m³
3 Clear Felling Ash 0.02 ha 5 m³
3 Clear Felling Beech 0.04 ha 25 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 40% 1.04 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 40% 1.04 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.52 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Scots pine 40% 0.28 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 40% 0.28 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.14 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Oak 100% 0.32 ha 1,600
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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 479 614

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 576

Brown earths

Soil association
Yarrow
Parent material
Fluvioglacial gravels and sands derived mainly from greywackes
Landform
Mounds and terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Yarrow · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.