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FPA-11760

Boon Plantation

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 1
Nearest town
Lauder
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT592461

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 11 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 22 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 22 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 24 July 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
36.32 ha
Conifer
36.32 ha

Official source

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FPA-11760

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First archived 27 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
    Expired

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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
11 Jul 2024 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area
36.32 ha
Estimated volume
18,000 m³
Proposed restocking
36.32 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 36.32 ha 41 yr 58,000 18,000 m³ Boundary fence

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 72.6% 26.37 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10.3% 3.74 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Downy birch 2.5% 0.91 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Rowan 1.2% 0.44 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Common alder 1.2% 0.44 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Goat willow 1.2% 0.44 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hawthorn 0.5% 0.18 ha 1,600
1 Create Designed Open Ground 10.5% 3.81 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 591 460

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 302

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Hobkirk
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and marls of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Undulating uplands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Wauchope · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.