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FPA-10651

Shielswood

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.

Register grid reference: NT446192 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Hornhill Wood
Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT446192
Total area
3.91 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 May 2023
  2. Application accepted 9 May 2023
  3. Consultation opens 8 June 2023
  4. Consultation closes 8 June 2023
  5. Decision issued 9 June 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10651

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
9 May 2023 – 8 May 2025
Felling area
3.91 ha
Estimated volume
850 m³
Thinning area
0 ha

Species in felling operations

LarchNorway spruceScots pine

Proposed restocking species

Scots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.72 ha 45 yr 200 160 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Larch 0.24 ha 45 yr 70 60 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 2.21 ha 45 yr 600 480 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Larch 0.4 ha 45 yr 100 80 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.34 ha 45 yr 80 70 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 Scots pine 75% 0.72 ha 2,500 — —
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 25% 0.24 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Scots pine 75% 2.21 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 25% 0.74 ha 2,500 — -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-6550 Shielswood Location

Selkirk

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 247 m away Area 3.91 ha Decision issued
FPA-6855 Todrig Location

Borthwickshiels

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 2.1 km away Area 0.09 ha Decision issued
FPA-11709 Drinkstone Estate Location

Hawick

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.4 km away Area 8.01 ha Approved
FPA-11853 Whitslaid Location

Ashkirk

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.5 km away Area 3.39 ha Approved
FLA01246 Wester Essenside Location

Hawick

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 2.7 km away Area 15.4 ha Decision issued

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
25FGS84879 Whitslaid WC Location

Roberton

Scottish Borders

Status Under Consideration Distance 1.1 km away Area 488.71 ha Key date Not published
21FGS58704 Drinkstone Woodland Creation Location

Hawick

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.1 km away Area 60.11 ha Approved
19FGS39903 Wollrig Woodland Creation Location

PERTH

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 49.13 ha Approved
25FGS84239 Todrig NWC Location

Ashkirk

Scottish Borders

Status Under Consideration Distance 3.6 km away Area 397.76 ha Key date Not published
18FGS30818 Stobshaw Hill Woodland Creation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 44.49 ha Approved

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.

  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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