FPA-11382

Ford Mill House

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
Nearest town: Pathhead
Local authority: Midlothian Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT388641
Total area: 1.04 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 26 February 2024
Application accepted 26 February 2024
Consultation opens 29 May 2024
Consultation closes 28 May 2024
Decision issued 30 May 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2031
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11382

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Mar 2026
Felling area: 1.04 ha
Estimated volume: 740 m³
Thinning area: 0.79 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 1.04 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.63 ha	40 yr	700	500 m³	—
2	Clear Felling	Larch	0.41 ha	40 yr	450	200 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
3	Mixed broadleaves	0.79 ha	40 m³	300	200

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1 & 2	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed broadleaves	100%	1.04 ha	1,600	—	—

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
FPA-8736 Vogrie Country Park	Location Pathhead Midlothian	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 0.07 ha	Decision issued 7 Feb 2022
FLA00670 Prestonhall Farms	Location Pathhead Midlothian	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.41 ha	Decision issued 8 Oct 2015
FPA-12456 Hagbrae Farm	Location Gorebridge Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 0.27 ha	Approved 26 Jun 2025
FPA-10663 Preston Hall	Location Pathhead East Lothian	Status Expired	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 25 Jul 2023
FPA-7157 Southside Farm	Location Gorebridge Midlothian	Status Expired	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 0.46 ha	Decision issued 29 May 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
20FGS51244 TTH Overwells Phase 1	Location Jedburgh Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 3.38 ha	Approved 23 Oct 2020
21FGS59144 Saughland woodland creation	Location pathhead Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 4.4 km away	Area 0.83 ha	Approved 26 May 2022
19FGS45003 Jojos Syke	Location TRANENT East Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 5.41 ha	Approved 26 Mar 2020
20FGS49263 Hagbrae Woodland Creation	Location Gorebridge Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 18.2 ha	Approved 8 Apr 2021
26FGS93379 Blackcastle New Woodland Creation	Location Gorebridge Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 11.99 ha	Key date Not published

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, 09:51 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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