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FPA-11903

Portmore, Harcus

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
n/a
Nearest town
Eddleston
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT245483

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 September 2024
  2. Application accepted 11 September 2024
  3. Consultation opens 19 September 2024
  4. Consultation closes 17 October 2024
  5. Decision issued 18 October 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
0.04 ha
Conifer
0.03 ha
Broadleaf
0.01 ha

Official source

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FPA-11903

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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
1 Oct 2024 – 1 Oct 2026
Felling area
0.04 ha
Estimated volume
23 m³
Proposed restocking
0.04 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Beech Fir

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Beech 0.01 ha 90 yr 1 20 m³ Paint
2 Clear Felling Fir 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 1 m³ Paint
3 Clear Felling Cedar 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 1 m³ Paint
4 Clear Felling Cedar 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 1 m³ Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Plant an alternative area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.04 ha 800 1&2
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 244 482

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

National soil map of Scotland

Alluvial soils

Map unit 1

Mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Alluvial Soils
Parent material
Recent riverine and lacustrine alluvial deposits
Landform
Flood plains with river terraces and former lake beds
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 25% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
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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.