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FPA-11812

Netherbarns Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Netherbarns Farm - land adjacent to Boleside Road
Nearest town
Galashiels
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT502338

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

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

Area

Total area
0.20 ha
Broadleaf
0.20 ha

Official source

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FPA-11812

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

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

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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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
3 Oct 2024 – 3 Nov 2024
Felling area
0.2 ha
Estimated volume
60 m³
Proposed restocking
0.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt1 Selective Felling Ash 0.2 ha 40 yr 25 60 m³ Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cpt1 Restock with individual trees Oak 100% 0.2 ha 100

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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 34 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Faldonside Loch

Site 623

Official SiteLink record for Faldonside Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 857 m away Published area 5.88 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 501 337

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 579

Brown earths with mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Yarrow
Parent material
Fluvioglacial gravels and sands derived mainly from greywackes
Landform
Terraces of fluvioglacial and riverine origin with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Yarrow · 70% Brown earths
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 5% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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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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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.