FPA-11613

Woll House

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town: Ashkirk
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference: NT463220

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Key dates

Application registered 20 May 2024
Application accepted 21 May 2024
Consultation opens 4 June 2024
Consultation closes 2 July 2024
Decision issued 24 July 2024
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 0.52 ha
Conifer: 0.18 ha
Broadleaf: 0.34 ha

Official source

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FPA-11613

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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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27 Jul 2026, 13:35 BST

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 – 30 Jun 2026
Felling area: 0.52 ha
Estimated volume: 188.61 m³
Thinning area: 0.43 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 0.52 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash Beech Birch Cherry Douglas fir Elm Goat willow Hybrid larch Lawson cypress Mixed broadleaves Oak Rowan Sitka spruce Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Beech Birch Hawthorn Rowan Sessile oak Sycamore Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Birch	0.02 ha	30 yr	3	0.44 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Rowan	0.01 ha	30 yr	4	0.19 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Oak	0.01 ha	30 yr	3	0.33 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Cherry	0.01 ha	30 yr	2	0.18 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Ash	0.01 ha	30 yr	8	2.08 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Beech	0.01 ha	30 yr	4	0.37 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Lawson cypress	0.01 ha	30 yr	1	0.09 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.01 ha	30 yr	1	0.13 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	0.09 ha	70 yr	22	27 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.07 ha	70 yr	22	27 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.01 ha	70 yr	3	1 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Sycamore	0.19 ha	70 yr	86	57 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Beech	0.01 ha	70 yr	2	2 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Birch	0.01 ha	70 yr	11	3 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Ash	0.01 ha	70 yr	10	3 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Elm	0.01 ha	70 yr	4	2 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Goat willow	0.03 ha	70 yr	7	9 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
1	Lawson cypress	0.2 ha	24.7 m³
1	Grand fir	0.07 ha	8.8 m³
1	Douglas fir	0.11 ha	13.3 m³
1	Japanese larch	0.05 ha	7 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2	Restock by natural regeneration	Sycamore	50%	0.26 ha	1,600	—	—
2	Restock by natural regeneration	Beech	15%	0.08 ha	1,600	—	—
2	Restock by natural regeneration	Birch	17%	0.09 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Plant an alternative area	Sessile oak	6%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	3
1	Plant an alternative area	Wild cherry (Gean)	4%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	3
1	Plant an alternative area	Rowan	6%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	3
1	Plant an alternative area	Hawthorn	2%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	3

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 462 220

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 207

Brown earths

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Lowlands with gentle and strong complex slopes: slightly to moderately rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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Linhope · 100% Brown earths

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

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