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FPA-10843

Ruchlaw Mains

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Various
Nearest town
East Linton
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT615743

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

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

Area

Total area
0.50 ha
Broadleaf
0.07 ha

Official source

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FPA-10843

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First archived 27 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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Track changes

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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
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 spruce Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Norway spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
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/CptSpeciesAreaVolume 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/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative 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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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 614 742

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 466

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Sorn
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
Landform
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.

  • Glenpark · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very 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.