FPA-10222

Stobs Castle Woods

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

SF - Selective Felling
T - Thinning

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: Birk Wood
Nearest town: Hawick
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT506097
Total area: 0.80 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 7 December 2022
Application accepted 7 December 2022
Consultation opens 2 February 2023
Consultation closes 2 March 2023
Decision issued 2 March 2023
Restocking due 30 June 2025
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10222

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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: 0.8 ha
Estimated volume: 256 m³
Thinning area: 5.27 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Selective Felling	Sitka spruce	0.8 ha	35 yr	1,214	122 m³	N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
1	Sitka spruce	5.27 ha	134 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Windblow Area	Replant felled area	Scots pine	100%	0.8 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
FLA01510 Woodfoot Farm	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 329 m away	Area 1.56 ha	Decision issued 19 Aug 2016
CB43242 Acreknowe	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 655 m away	Area 2.13 ha	Decision issued 24 May 2012
FPA-6443 Penchrise Farm	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 7.31 ha	Decision issued 21 Aug 2019
FPA-7814 Ackerknowe Farm	Location Hawick	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 1.5 ha	Decision issued 30 Mar 2021
FPA-9453 Penchrise Farm	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 0.8 ha	Decision issued 13 Jun 2022

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
18FGS34082 Adderstonshiels Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 826 m away	Area 6.61 ha	Approved 15 Jul 2019
23FGS71254 Acreknowe	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 187.95 ha	Approved 22 Nov 2023
21FGS61205 Southfield FGS	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 15.59 ha	Approved 21 Jan 2022
20FGS46366 Ormiston Woodlands	Location HAWICK Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 4.11 ha	Approved 1 Apr 2020
26FGS92479 Fenwick NWC	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 4.41 ha	Approved 11 Aug 2026

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, 13:46 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:57 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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