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FPA-10843

Ruchlaw Mains

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • CF - Clear Felling
  • FO - Felling Individual Trees
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT615743 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Various
Nearest town
East Linton
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT615743
Total area
0.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 July 2023
  2. Application accepted 5 July 2023
  3. Consultation opens 30 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 29 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 15 August 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10843

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window
23 Jul 2024 – 23 Jul 2026
Felling area
0.68 ha
Estimated volume
405 m³
Thinning area
6.72 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.68 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruceSycamore

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleavesNorway spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
6 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.43 ha 60 yr 650 130 m³ n/a
8 Felling Individual Trees Sycamore 0.25 ha 100 yr 7 20 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1 Sycamore 3.5 ha 90 m³
1 Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 25 m³
2 Sitka spruce 0.46 ha 20 m³
3 Scots pine 0.86 ha 35 m³
4 Birch 0.41 ha 20 m³
5 Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 40 m³
7 Norway spruce 0.29 ha 25 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
6 Replant felled area Norway spruce 100% 0.43 ha 2,500 — —
8 Restock with individual trees Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.25 ha — 7 —

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Surrounding forestry activity

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Felling applications

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Haddington

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Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 1.85 ha Decision issued
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Garvald

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 2.3 km away Area 2.06 ha Approved
FLA01132 Biel Location

East Linton

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 2.5 km away Area 3.69 ha Decision issued
FLA01115 Biel Location

Eadst Linton

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 2.6 km away Area 8.04 ha Decision issued
FPA-9471 Whittingehame Estate Location

Whitttinghame

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 0.29 ha Decision issued

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
25FGS90320 Whittinghame Estate Woodland Creation Location

STENTON

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 474 m away Area 4.97 ha Approved
21FGS60086 Luggate Planting Proposal Location

Haddington

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 4.73 ha Approved
20FGS54088 Whittingehame Mains Location

Haddington

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 15.08 ha Approved
24FGS77198 Deuchrie NWC 2023 Location

Stenton

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 3.0 km away Area 8.34 ha Approved
23FGS71553 Clint Estate Location

East Lothian

 Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 31.93 ha Approved

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Land listings

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Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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