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FPA-11728

Hartside Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Oxton
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT468541

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 26 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 16 October 2024
  4. Consultation closes 12 November 2024
  5. Decision issued 18 November 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
8.63 ha
Conifer
6.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-11728

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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 – 31 Dec 2024
Felling area
8.63 ha
Estimated volume
4,000 m³
Proposed restocking
8.63 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 6 ha 50 yr 6,900 3,000 m³ Boundaries
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 2.63 ha 50 yr 1,900 1,000 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70% 6.04 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10% 0.86 ha 2,500
1 Create Designed Open Ground 10% 0.86 ha
1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.01% 0.43 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5.01% 0.43 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Airhouse Wood

Site 27

Official SiteLink record for Airhouse Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 774 m away Published area 14.51 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 467 540

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 206

Brown earths

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

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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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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