FPA-9971

Holydean

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
Woodland: Holydean Woodlands
Nearest town: Newtown St Boswells
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT538302
Total area: 0.80 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 31 August 2022
Application accepted 31 August 2022
Consultation opens 8 September 2022
Consultation closes 6 October 2022
Decision issued 7 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-9971

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 31 Aug 2022 – 29 Aug 2024
Felling area: 0.8 ha
Estimated volume: 465 m³
Thinning area: 2.69 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Noble fir

Proposed restocking species

CherryMixed broadleavesOak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt 3	Clear Felling	Noble fir	0.8 ha	30 yr	—	300 m³	None

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
Cpt 1	Norway spruce	1.61 ha	85 m³
Cpt 2	Larch	0.27 ha	20 m³
Cpt 2	Norway spruce	0.27 ha	20 m³
Cpt 2	Noble fir	0.27 ha	20 m³
Cpt 2	Mixed broadleaves	0.27 ha	20 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 3	Replant felled area	Oak	50%	0.4 ha	1,800	—	—
Cpt 3	Replant felled area	Cherry	25%	0.2 ha	1,800	—	—
Cpt 3	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	25%	0.2 ha	1,800	—	-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
CB418628 Faughhill	Location Bowden Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 979 m away	Area 0.56 ha	Decision issued 14 May 2014
FPA-13171 Kippielaw Farm	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.07 ha	Approved 5 Mar 2026
FPA-13662 Bowdenmoor & Broomilees Farm	Location Bowden Scottish Borders	Status Under Consideration	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 2.9 ha	Key date Not published
FPA-12975 Prieston	Location Midlem Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 1.6 ha	Approved 12 Dec 2025
FPA-12138 Bowdenmoor & Broomilees Farm	Location Bowden Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 5.18 ha	Approved 26 Feb 2025

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
22FGS65825 Bowden moor phase 2 sheep and trees	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 49.98 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2022
22FGS65805 Bowden moor Phase 1	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 7.18 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2022
20FGS51324 Prieston Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 5.06 ha	Approved 14 Dec 2020
23FGS71033 West Burn Woodland Creation	Location Midlem Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 127.71 ha	Approved 7 Mar 2023
16FGS08114 Clarilaw Conifer 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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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