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FPA-10003

Wooplaw

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Elmtree Wood
Nearest town
Galashiels
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT502420

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

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

Area

Total area
1.81 ha
Conifer
0.68 ha
Broadleaf
1.13 ha

Official source

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FPA-10003

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

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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
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Colmsliehill Junipers

Site 394

Official SiteLink record for Colmsliehill Junipers
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 858 m away Published area 35.44 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Threepwood Moss

Site 1536

Official SiteLink record for Threepwood Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 53.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 502 419

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 209

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

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.

  • Altimeg · 50% Brown earths
  • Kedslie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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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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Status Expired Distance 728 m away Area 4.32 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 807 m away Area 8.25 ha Decision issued
CB509644 Comsliehill farm Location

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Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 0.18 ha Decision issued

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

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Within 10 km
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Status Approved Distance 3.7 km away Area 21.69 ha Approved

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