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FPA-11948

Blackcastle Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT413594 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Blackcastle
Nearest town
Gorebridge
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT413594
Total area
0.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 October 2024
  2. Application accepted 7 October 2024
  3. Consultation opens 13 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 13 November 2024
  5. Decision issued 13 November 2024
  6. First archived 9 July 2026
  7. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11948

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window
31 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2027
Felling area
0 ha
Estimated volume
—
Thinning area
1.94 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1a Ash 1.12 ha 13 m³
1b Birch 0.31 ha 1 m³
1b Ash 0.51 ha 7 m³

Nearby

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Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 3.6 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 16.6 ha Decision issued
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Fala

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 1.5 ha Approved
FPA-11270 Saughland Farm Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 2.79 ha Decision issued
FPA-8010 Saughland Farm Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.2 ha Decision issued

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
26FGS93379 Blackcastle New Woodland Creation Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 509 m away Area 11.99 ha Approved
26FGS93380 Blackcastle Agroforestry Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 509 m away Area 0 ha Approved
21FGS63085 Mixed Woodland Creation Location

Dalkeith

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 1.1 km away Area 19.89 ha Approved
21FGS59144 Saughland woodland creation Location

pathhead

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 0.83 ha Approved
18FGS32298 Brothershiels woodland creation 2019 Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.8 km away Area 46.4 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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