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FPA-11617

Bailhill Wood

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT491314

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 21 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 30 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 27 June 2024
  5. Decision issued 8 July 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.33 ha
Conifer
0.28 ha
Broadleaf
0.05 ha

Official source

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FPA-11617

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    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
1 Jul 2024 – 30 Aug 2024
Felling area
0.33 ha
Estimated volume
152 m³
Thinning area
2.17 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.33 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
WB1 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.13 ha 45 yr 21 29 m³ paint
WB1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.05 ha 45 yr 10 12 m³ Paint
WB1 Clear Felling Beech 0.03 ha 45 yr 12 6 m³ Paint
WB1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.01 ha 45 yr 4 2 m³ Paint
WB2 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.05 ha 45 yr 8 9 m³ paint
WB2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.04 ha 45 yr 3 6 m³ Paint
WB2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.01 ha 45 yr 2 2 m³ Paint
WB2 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.01 ha 45 yr 2 1 m³ Paint

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
Cpt 1 Hybrid larch 0.76 ha 30 m³
Cpt 1 Grand fir 0.13 ha 5 m³
Cpt 1 Sycamore 1.02 ha 40 m³
Cpt 1 Beech 0.26 ha 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
WB1, WB2 Replant felled area Sessile oak 70% 0.23 ha 1,600
WB1, WB2 Replant felled area Hazel 30% 0.1 ha 1,600
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH24_0238

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0039

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0295_0892 Yair

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 5.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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 401 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Faldonside Loch

Site 623

Official SiteLink record for Faldonside Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 5.88 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 491 314

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 223

Brown earths with rankers

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with strong and steep complex slopes: moderately to very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 70% Brown earths
  • ETTRICK(RANK) · 30% Rankers
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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