FPA-11489

Midlemburn Farm

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: Midlemburn Farm Woods Cpt 2a,4a,5a,5b & 6
Nearest town: Midlem
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT521265
Total area: 0.56 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 2 April 2024
Application accepted 3 April 2024
Consultation opens 29 April 2024
Consultation closes 27 May 2024
Decision issued 30 May 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-11489

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 3 Apr 2024 – 31 Dec 2027
Felling area: 0.56 ha
Estimated volume: 380 m³
Thinning area: 3.28 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 0.56 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Beech Norway spruce Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.56 ha	60 yr	500	200 m³	Cutter

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
2a	Sitka spruce	0.8 ha	50 m³	2,500	1,800
2a,5a,6	Scots pine	1.64 ha	100 m³	2,500	1,800
2a	Hybrid larch	0.5 ha	20 m³	2,500	1,800
2a,5a	Mixed conifers	0.34 ha	10 m³	2,500	1,800

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4a	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	75%	0.42 ha	2,500	—	—
4a	Replant felled area	Oak	10%	0.06 ha	2,500	—	—
4a	Replant felled area	Beech	5%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	—
4a	Create Designed Open Ground	—	10%	0.06 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
FPA-6653 Curling Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 641 m away	Area 1.64 ha	Decision issued 20 Sept 2019
FPA-6766 Prieston Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 3.44 ha	Decision issued 12 Dec 2019
FLA00520 Whitmuir Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 2.87 ha	Decision issued 8 Jul 2015
FPA-10998 Milrighall Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 1.83 ha	Decision issued 26 Oct 2023
FPA-11086 Easter Whitmuir	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.06 ha	Decision issued 12 Dec 2023

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
23FGS75374 Chesterknowes	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 728 m away	Area 42.9 ha	Approved 6 Mar 2024
20FGS51324 Prieston Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 5.06 ha	Approved 14 Dec 2020
16FGS06134 Larch House Paddock	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 1.25 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
23FGS71033 West Burn Woodland Creation	Location Midlem Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 127.71 ha	Approved 7 Mar 2023
16FGS08114 Clarilaw Conifer 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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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