FPA-10620

Cowdenknowes

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: Cpt 1abc
Nearest town: Earlston
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT576380
Total area: 2.40 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 26 April 2023
Application accepted 26 April 2023
Consultation opens 11 July 2023
Consultation closes 8 August 2023
Decision issued 20 September 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-10620

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jul 2023 – 30 Jun 2025
Felling area: 2.4 ha
Estimated volume: 970 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

European larchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

OakRowanScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1abc	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.9 ha	70 yr	580	760 m³	N/A
1abc	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.4 ha	50 yr	160	170 m³	N/A
1abc	Clear Felling	European larch	0.1 ha	70 yr	25	40 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1abc	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	79.17%	1.9 ha	2,500	—	—
1abc	Replant felled area	Scots pine	8.33%	0.2 ha	2,500	—	—
1abc	Replant felled area	Oak	8.33%	0.2 ha	1,600	—	—
1abc	Replant felled area	Rowan	4.17%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	-2/3

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-12402 Cowdenknowes Mains Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 104 m away	Area 8.22 ha	Approved 7 May 2025
FPA-10182 Cowdenknowes	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 592 m away	Area 5.6 ha	Decision issued 7 Mar 2023
FPA-12430 Craigsford West Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 773 m away	Area 3.23 ha	Approved 1 Aug 2025
FPA-12118 Cowdenknowes Mains Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 777 m away	Area 0.03 ha	Approved 24 Mar 2025
FLA01144 Cowdenknowes	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 844 m away	Area 1 ha	Decision issued 4 Apr 2016

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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs	Location Langshaw Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.2 km away	Area 91.8 ha	Approved 9 Nov 2023
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.4 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.8 km away	Area 21.69 ha	Approved 22 Jul 2021

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, 13:41 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:49 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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