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FPA-10003

Wooplaw

Approved 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

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT502420 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Elmtree Wood
Nearest town
Galashiels
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT502420
Total area
1.81 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 September 2022
  2. Application accepted 9 September 2022
  3. Consultation opens 31 October 2022
  4. Consultation closes 28 November 2022
  5. Decision issued 1 November 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10003

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
3 Oct 2022 – 1 Oct 2027
Felling area
1.81 ha
Estimated volume
250 m³
Thinning area
0 ha

Species in felling operations

BeechMixed broadleavesMixed conifersSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1a Selective Felling Beech 0.68 ha 60 yr 15 50 m³ —
1a Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.45 ha 60 yr 12 45 m³ —
1a Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.45 ha 60 yr 55 110 m³ —
1a Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.23 ha 60 yr 25 45 m³ —

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1a Restock by natural regeneration Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.81 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-10789 Wooplaw Community Woodland Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 335 m away Area 6.17 ha Decision issued
FLA00009 Threepwood Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 650 m away Area 0.55 ha Decision issued
FPA-9800 Wooplaw Farm Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 686 m away Area 4.32 ha Decision issued
CB452298 Wooplaw Farm Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 771 m away Area 8.25 ha Decision issued
CB509644 Comsliehill farm Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 0.18 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
26FGS94619 Allan Water Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Open For Comment Distance 720 m away Area 44.47 ha Consultation ends
19FGS39823 Colmsliehill Native Woodland Location

GALASHIELS

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 5.88 ha Approved
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.5 km away Area 43.19 ha Approved
22FGS66887 Torsonce Mains NWC 2 Location

Stow

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 4.16 ha Approved
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs Location

Langshaw

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.7 km away Area 91.8 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
    Approved

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