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FPA-11702

Allanshaws Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Stow
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT491437

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 18 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 21 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 18 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 20 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
0.05 ha
Broadleaf
0.05 ha

Official source

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FPA-11702

Find FPA-11702 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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
1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Felling area
0.05 ha
Estimated volume
150 m³
Thinning area
0.12 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.05 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Beech Birch Oak Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1b Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 100 yr 40 50 m³ Boundary/Paint

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
1 Beech 0.05 ha 50 m³
1 Ash 0.07 ha 50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1b Plant an alternative area Sycamor e 30% 0.02 ha 1,600 2a
1b Plant an alternative area Beech 30% 0.02 ha 1,600 2a
1b Plant an alternative area Oak 30% 0.02 ha 1,600 2a
1b Plant an alternative area Birch 10% 0.01 ha 1,600 2a

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 491 436

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 209

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

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.

  • Altimeg · 50% Brown earths
  • Kedslie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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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.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.