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FPA-11628

Roxburghe Estates

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Various
Nearest town
Kelso
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT822280

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 23 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 19 June 2024
  4. Consultation closes 17 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 17 July 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
18.38 ha
Conifer
15.38 ha

Official source

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FPA-11628

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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
1 Jun 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
Felling area
18.38 ha
Estimated volume
6,400 m³
Thinning area
5.5 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
18.38 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
28 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.64 ha 55 yr 300 350 m³ N/A
30A Clear Felling Scots pine 0.67 ha 32 yr 800 180 m³ N/A
30A Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.67 ha 32 yr 800 180 m³ N/A
111 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.3 ha 67 yr 1,800 400 m³ N/A
111 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.2 ha 67 yr 800 480 m³ N/A
111 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.2 ha 67 yr 800 480 m³ N/A
111 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.4 ha 89 yr 50 50 m³ N/A
169 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.2 ha 70 yr 1,800 400 m³ N/A
170 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.2 ha 70 yr 1,800 400 m³ N/A
171 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.1 ha 70 yr 1,800 350 m³ N/A
172 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.3 ha 70 yr 450 180 m³ N/A
172 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.3 ha 70 yr 450 100 m³ N/A
172 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 70 yr 350 150 m³ N/A
173 Clear Felling Scots pine 3.3 ha 57 yr 3,500 1,000 m³ N/A
174 Clear Felling Scots pine 2 ha 57 yr 2,000 600 m³ N/A
179 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.9 ha 56 yr 1,400 450 m³ N/A
517 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.8 ha 51 yr 1,600 650 m³ N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
28 Sitka spruce 5.5 ha

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
28 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.64 ha 1,600
30A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65% 0.87 ha 2,800
30A Replant felled area Norway spruce 25% 0.34 ha 2,800
30A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 10% 0.13 ha 1,600
111 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65% 2.67 ha 2,800
111 Replant felled area Norway spruce 25% 1.03 ha 2,800
111 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 10% 0.41 ha 1,600
169 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.2 ha 1,600
170 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.2 ha 1,600
171 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.1 ha 1,600
172 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.8 ha 1,600
173 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 3.3 ha 1,600
174 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 2 ha 1,600
179 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.9 ha 1,600
517 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.8 ha 1,600
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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 34 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Yetholm Loch

Site 1650

Official SiteLink record for Yetholm Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 22.47 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 821 280

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 198

Brown earths with mineral alluvial soils

Soil association
Eckford
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Terraces of fluvioglacial and riverine origin with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Eckford · 70% Brown earths
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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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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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.