FPA-11550

Whitlaw

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling
T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Whitlaw Shelterbelts
Nearest town: Lauder
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT490478
Total area: 13.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 25 April 2024
Application accepted 25 April 2024
Consultation opens 30 May 2024
Consultation closes 27 June 2024
Decision issued 3 July 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11550

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 1 May 2024 – 1 May 2026
Felling area: 13 ha
Estimated volume: 4,530 m³
Thinning area: 4.1 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 13 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Douglas firLarchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1a, 2a, 3a, 4a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	5.87 ha	41 yr	10,500	2,300 m³	Boundary
1a, 2a, 3a, 4a	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	2.59 ha	41 yr	4,600	900 m³	Boundary
1a, 2a, 3a, 4a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	3.24 ha	41 yr	5,800	940 m³	Boundary
1a, 2a, 3a, 4a	Clear Felling	Larch	1.3 ha	41 yr	2,300	390 m³	Boundary

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
8a/9a	Ash	0.92 ha	—	160	100
8a/9a	Scots pine	1.06 ha	—	125	80
8a/9a	Sycamore	1.06 ha	—	160	100
8a/9a	Beech	1.06 ha	—	160	100

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1,2,3,4	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	13 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-11970 Inchkeith Farm Woods	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 669 m away	Area 5.9 ha	Approved 5 Dec 2024
FPA-8463 Whitlaw	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 783 m away	Area 12.96 ha	Decision issued 12 Apr 2022
CB52125 Pilmuir	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 8.8 ha	Decision issued 22 Jun 2012
FLA01955 Inchkeith Farm	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 1.91 ha	Decision issued 10 Mar 2017
FPA-7361 Pilmuir	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 10.59 ha	Decision issued 19 Aug 2020

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
22FGS69207 Whitlaw Woodland Creation	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 592 m away	Area 296.65 ha	Approved 22 Aug 2023
21FGS56903 Scroof Hill Woodland Creation	Location Stow Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 117.28 ha	Approved 23 Aug 2021
19FGS43523 Inchkeith FGS2 2019	Location LAUDER Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 10.6 ha	Approved 2 Jul 2020
20FGS50684 TTH Bowerhouse and Pilmuir NWC	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 21.75 ha	Approved 29 Oct 2020
20FGS51943 Lauder Common Woodlands 2020	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 22.43 ha	Approved 5 Aug 2021

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 13:34 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:35 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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