FPA-9836

Mertoun Estate

Expired 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Cpt 1, 2, 3
Nearest town: St Boswells
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT614339
Total area: 0.65 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 14 July 2022
Application accepted 14 July 2022
Consultation opens 12 August 2022
Consultation closes 9 September 2022
Decision issued 21 September 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-9836

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 23 Aug 2022 – 23 Aug 2024
Felling area: 0.65 ha
Estimated volume: 145 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1,2 &3	Selective Felling	Ash	0.65 ha	100 yr	60	145 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1,2&3	Restock with individual trees	Oak	100%	0.65 ha	—	143	-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
FLA01494 Bemersyde Moss SWT Wildlife Reserve	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 273 m away	Area 0.6 ha	Decision issued 19 Aug 2016
FPA-7844 Mertoun Estate	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 0.15 ha	Decision issued 9 Mar 2021
CB412076 Mertoun Estate	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 3 ha	Decision issued 18 Jun 2014
FPA-13382 Clinthill Woodlands	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.6 ha	Approved 19 Jun 2026
FPA-6575 Mertoun Estate	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 1.25 ha	Decision issued 7 Aug 2019

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
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
24FGS83639 Rutherford and Mellendean Native Woodland Creation	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 11.02 ha	Approved 10 Apr 2025
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
17FGS14917 Lightfields Plantation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.4 km away	Area 13.17 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, 13:51 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:05 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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