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FPA-12718

Elmscleugh Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Elmscleugh
Nearest town
Innerwick
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT695713

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 6 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 30 January 2026
  4. Consultation closes 27 February 2026
  5. Decision issued 8 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
8.84 ha
Conifer
8.84 ha

Official source

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FPA-12718

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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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
29 Jan 2026 – 18 Aug 2028
Felling area
8.82 ha
Estimated volume
3,532 m³
Proposed restocking
8.84 ha · 100.2% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.16 ha 40 yr 6,400 1,264 m³ n/a
1a Clear Felling Scots pine 1.9 ha 40 yr 4,750 760 m³ n/a
1a Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.74 ha 40 yr 1,850 296 m³ n/a
1a Clear Felling Larch 2.95 ha 40 yr 7,400 1,184 m³ n/a
1a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 40 yr 175 28 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 64.17% 5.66 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 10.32% 0.91 ha 2,700
1 Replant felled area Silver birch 5.9% 0.52 ha 800
1 Replant felled area Rowan 5.9% 0.52 ha 800
1 Replant felled area Common alder 5.9% 0.52 ha 800
1 Replant felled area Goat willow 5.9% 0.52 ha 800
1 Create Designed Open Ground 2.15% 0.19 ha
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Protected places

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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Lammermuir Deans

Site 904

Official SiteLink record for Lammermuir Deans
Designation MIXED Proximity 843 m away Published area 49.82 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Woodhall Dean

Site 1646

Official SiteLink record for Woodhall Dean
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 57.52 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 695 712

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 364

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Lauder
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Hills with strong and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Lauder · 50% Brown earths
  • Langtonlees · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

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