FPA-11060

West Mains 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

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 Mains Strip Wood
Nearest town: Lauder
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT550470
Total area: 0.29 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 4 October 2023
Application accepted 4 October 2023
Consultation opens 12 October 2023
Consultation closes 8 November 2023
Decision issued 16 November 2023
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-11060

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Dec 2023 – 1 Dec 2025
Felling area: 0.29 ha
Estimated volume: 105 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

LarchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BirchOak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
West Mains Strip Wood	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.17 ha	30 yr	220	65 m³	All
West Mains Strip Wood	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.06 ha	30 yr	50	20 m³	All
West Mains Strip Wood	Clear Felling	Larch	0.06 ha	30 yr	50	20 m³	All

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
West Mains Strip Wood	Replant felled area	Oak	37.93%	0.11 ha	1,600	—	—
West Mains Strip Wood	Replant felled area	Birch	27.59%	0.08 ha	1,600	—	—
West Mains Strip Wood	Replant felled area	Syca more	27.59%	0.08 ha	1,600	—	—
West Mains Strip Wood	Create Designed Open Ground	—	6.9%	0.02 ha	—	—	—

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-9959 West Mains	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 532 m away	Area 0.44 ha	Decision issued 3 Oct 2022
FPA-10216 West Mains Farm	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 539 m away	Area 0.85 ha	Decision issued 17 Feb 2023
FLA02864 East Mains Farmhouse	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 906 m away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 13 Mar 2018
FPA-13368 East Mains	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 960 m away	Area 0.25 ha	Approved 15 May 2026
FLA03318 Thirlstane Farm	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 1.52 ha	Decision issued 4 Sept 2018

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
23FGS75653 Newmills Riparian Woodland	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 1.48 ha	Approved 6 Mar 2024
16FGS09634 Edgarhope Native Woodland Expansion 17	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 9.88 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
15FGS03574 Edgarhope Native Woodland	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 20.92 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
20FGS51943 Lauder Common Woodlands 2020	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 22.43 ha	Approved 5 Aug 2021
24FGS81459 Blythe Water NWC	Location Lauder Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 8.47 ha	Approved 11 Mar 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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 13:38 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:45 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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