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FPA-11458

Bairnkine

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gillies Strip Cpt 13b&e, 16d & 11a&b
Nearest town
Jedburgh
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT642147

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 March 2024
  2. Application accepted 22 March 2024
  3. Consultation opens 10 April 2024
  4. Consultation closes 8 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 30 May 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
7.17 ha
Conifer
7.00 ha
Broadleaf
0.17 ha

Official source

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FPA-11458

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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

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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 May 2024 – 31 Dec 2027
Felling area
6.98 ha
Estimated volume
1,650 m³
Proposed restocking
6.98 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Birch Japanese larch Mixed broadleaves Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Oak Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
13e Clear Felling Birch 0.09 ha 45 yr 25 25 m³ Cutter select
13e Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.02 ha 45 yr 1,800 300 m³ Cutter select
16d Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 45 yr 10 5 m³ Cutter select
16d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.59 ha 45 yr 500 100 m³ Cutter select
11a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4 ha 30 yr 6,400 1,000 m³ Cutter select
11c Clear Felling Japanese larch 1.2 ha 30 yr 1,800 200 m³ Cutter select
11c Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.07 ha 30 yr 40 20 m³ Cutter select

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
11b 13e 16g Replant felled area Oak 10% 0.7 ha 1,600 — —
11b 13e 16g Restock by natural regeneration Birch 10% 0.7 ha 1,600 — —
11d 16h Create Designed Open Ground — 5% 0.35 ha — — —
11b 13e 16g Replant felled area Sitka spruce 75% 5.24 ha 2,500 — —
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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

STH22_0231 Swinnie Plantation

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0907

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 641 146

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 297

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Hobkirk
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and marls of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Hobkirk · 70% Brown earths
  • Cessford · 30% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.