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FPA-10222

Stobs Castle Woods

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Birk Wood
Nearest town
Hawick
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT506097

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 December 2022
  2. Application accepted 7 December 2022
  3. Consultation opens 2 February 2023
  4. Consultation closes 2 March 2023
  5. Decision issued 2 March 2023

Area

Total area
0.80 ha
Conifer
0.80 ha

Official source

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FPA-10222

Find FPA-10222 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH20_0073 Cogsmill

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0226 Little Hare Hill

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1120

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1121-1122

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 505 097

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 206

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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

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Status Approved Distance 3.4 km away Area 4.41 ha Key date Not published

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