FPA-11223

Blackburn Rig

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

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: Blackburn Rig
Nearest town: Grantshouse
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT786661
Total area: 0.78 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 3 January 2024
Application accepted 3 January 2024
Consultation opens 26 January 2024
Consultation closes 23 February 2024
Decision issued 27 February 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11223

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Mar 2024 – 28 Feb 2026
Felling area: 0.78 ha
Estimated volume: 300 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AspenMixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.78 ha	35 yr	1,200	300 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	Sitka spruce	75%	0.59 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Aspen	10%	0.08 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	15%	0.12 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-12715 Blackburnrig Farm	Location Grantshouse Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 51 m away	Area 0.81 ha	Decision issued 12 Sept 2025
FPA-7175 Blackburn Rigg	Location Grantshouse Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 665 m away	Area 8.23 ha	Decision issued 13 May 2020
FLA02753 Blackburn Farm	Location Grantshouse Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 828 m away	Area 1.4 ha	Decision issued 6 Mar 2018
FPA-12103 Roadside	Location Grantshouse Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 855 m away	Area 1.3 ha	Approved 19 Mar 2025
FPA-10504 Bowshiel Wood	Location Grantshouse Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 0.2 ha	Decision issued 12 May 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
20FGS54983 Bowshiel Native Creation 20	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 3.52 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021
18FGS33893 Bowshiel Native Planting	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 6.13 ha	Approved 19 Feb 2019
18FGS33501 Ecclaw Farm New Native Woodland 2019	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 1 ha	Approved 19 Feb 2019
24FGS80379 Abbey St Bathans Phase 3 woodland planting	Location Abbey St Bathans Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 6.5 ha	Approved 17 Dec 2024
25FGS87059 Abbey St Bathans Phase 4 Woodland Creation	Location Abbey St Bathans Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 2.6 ha	Approved 13 Nov 2025

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
10 Oct 2026, 13:36 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:40 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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