FPA-9919

Falkirk Council - Polmont

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear 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
Nearest town: Falkirk
Local authority: Falkirk Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS897823
Total area: 1.10 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 15 August 2022
Application accepted 15 August 2022
Consultation opens 12 September 2022
Consultation closes 10 October 2022
Decision issued 25 October 2022
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-9919

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 26 Sept 2022 – 26 Sept 2023
Felling area: 1.1 ha
Estimated volume: 523 m³
Thinning area: 4.79 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larchMixed conifersNorway spruceSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.24 ha	40 yr	648	96 m³	Sample Plots
5	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.47 ha	60 yr	903	129 m³	Sample Plots
5	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.12 ha	60 yr	361	52 m³	Sample Plots
5	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.15 ha	60 yr	361	52 m³	Sample Plots
5	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.12 ha	60 yr	181	26 m³	Sample Plots

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2	Mixed conifers	0.96 ha	34 m³
2	Mixed broadleaves	3.83 ha	134 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	21.82%	0.24 ha	1,100	—	—
5	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	78.18%	0.86 ha	1,100	—	-3/4

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-11025 Falkirk Council Owned Woodlands	Location Falkirk Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 168 m away	Area 1.1 ha	Decision issued 29 Sept 2023
FLA00137 Polmont Woods	Location Polmont Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 235 m away	Area 0.12 ha	Decision issued 28 Jan 2015
CB163780 Avondale	Location Polmont Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 1.5 ha	Decision issued 27 Mar 2013
FLA00535 Kinneil Lagoons	Location Grangemouth Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 0.98 ha	Decision issued 29 Jul 2015
CB327297 Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway	Location Bo'ness Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 0.64 ha	Decision issued 12 Dec 2013

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
21FGS61385 Polmont WIG WIAT WC SMF	Location Falkirk Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 896 m away	Area 0 ha	Approved 30 Oct 2023
21FGS62145 Belsyde Wood	Location Linlithgow West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 25.46 ha	Approved 22 Sept 2022
16FGS13557 Wester Woodside Woodland Creation	Location Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 10.51 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
25FGS89260 Boness WIG	Location Kinneil Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 0 ha	Approved 12 Dec 2025
19FGS42483 Falkirk North WIAT WIG SMF WC	Location FALKIRK Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 2.12 ha	Approved 14 Feb 2020

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, 13:50 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:03 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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