FPA-11487

West Morriston

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

SF - Selective Felling

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: West Morriston
Nearest town: Earlston
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT584404
Total area: 2.75 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 2 April 2024
Application accepted 2 April 2024
Consultation opens 2 May 2024
Consultation closes 30 May 2024
Decision issued 18 June 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2026
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11487

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 2 Apr 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Felling area: 2.75 ha
Estimated volume: 1,100 m³
Proposed restocking: 2.75 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Selective Felling	Scots pine	2.75 ha	40 yr	3,000	1,100 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	50%	1.38 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	25%	0.69 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Scots pine	15%	0.41 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Create Designed Open Ground	—	10%	0.28 ha	—	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA-6269 West Morriston	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 539 m away	Area 1.35 ha	Decision issued 7 May 2019
FPA-9425 Whitslaid Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 906 m away	Area 0.6 ha	Decision issued 5 May 2022
FPA-6915 Georgefield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 1 ha	Decision issued 2 Apr 2020
CB361403 West Morriston	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 3.5 ha	Decision issued 13 Mar 2014
FPA-10078 Georgefield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 11 Nov 2022

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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
17FGS14917 Lightfields Plantation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 13.17 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs	Location Langshaw Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 91.8 ha	Approved 9 Nov 2023
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.1 km away	Area 43.19 ha	Approved 28 May 2026
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.7 km away	Area 21.69 ha	Approved 22 Jul 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
11 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:36 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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