FPA-11619

Threepwood Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Compartments 11
Nearest town: Galashiels
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference: NT516432

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 20 May 2024
Application accepted 20 May 2024
Consultation opens 9 July 2024
Consultation closes 9 July 2024
Decision issued 9 July 2024
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 0.50 ha
Conifer: 0.40 ha
Broadleaf: 0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-11619

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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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9 Sept 2026, 12:10 BST

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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:35 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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: 10 Jul 2024 – 10 Jul 2026
Felling area: 0.5 ha
Estimated volume: 80 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
11	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.2 ha	40 yr	40	30 m³	n/a
11	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.2 ha	40 yr	35	15 m³	n/a
11	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.1 ha	40 yr	50	35 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
11	Replant felled Sitka spruce area	—	50%	0.25 ha	2,500	—	—
11	Replant felled Norway spruce area	—	20%	0.1 ha	2,500	—	—
11	Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves	—	30%	0.15 ha	1,600	—	—

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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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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
Threepwood Moss Site 1536 Official SiteLink record for Threepwood Moss ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 421 m away	Published area 53.18 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
Colmsliehill Junipers Site 394 Official SiteLink record for Colmsliehill Junipers ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.8 km away	Published area 35.44 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Threepwood Moss

Site 1536

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 421 m away

Published area 53.18 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Colmsliehill Junipers

Site 394

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.8 km away

Published area 35.44 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 516 431

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 210

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Foothills and depressions with gentle slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Ettrick · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA00538 Threepwood	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 0 m away	Area 5.9 ha	Decision issued 26 May 2015
CB149608 Threepwood	Location LAuder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 0 m away	Area 5.9 ha	Decision issued 14 Jan 2013
FLA01748 Threepwood Moss	Location Blainslie Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 707 m away	Area 3.46 ha	Decision issued 29 Nov 2016
FLA02502 Upper Blainslie	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 781 m away	Area 0.96 ha	Decision issued 27 Oct 2017
FPA-8915 Threepwood Farm	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 849 m away	Area 16.85 ha	Decision issued 16 Mar 2022