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FPA-11794

Cocklaw Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Dunbar
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT731715

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

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

Area

Total area
5.17 ha
Conifer
5.17 ha

Official source

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FPA-11794

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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 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area
5.17 ha
Estimated volume
1,380 m³
Proposed restocking
5.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.94 ha 45 yr 3,900 680 m³
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.93 ha 70 yr 2,000 290 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.52 ha 45 yr 1,300 180 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.6 ha 35 yr 1,500 180 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.18 ha 55 yr 200 50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a, 2, 3 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 77.76% 4.02 ha 2,500
1b Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 9.67% 0.5 ha 1,600
1c Replant felled Mixed conifers area 9.09% 0.47 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled Mixed broadleaves area 3.48% 0.18 ha 2,500
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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 731 715

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 362

Brown earths

Soil association
Lauder
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Hills and valley sides with strong and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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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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