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FPA-9715

Houston Farms

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Knockenae
Nearest town
Paisley
Local authority
East Renfrewshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS453544

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 June 2022
  2. Application accepted 14 June 2022
  3. Consultation opens 6 September 2022
  4. Consultation closes 6 September 2022
  5. Decision issued 7 September 2022

Area

Total area
4.40 ha
Conifer
4.40 ha

Official source

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FPA-9715

Find FPA-9715 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH20_0446-0448

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - Hybrid

Status Closed Proximity 872 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1577_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1577a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0303

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0309-10_044-46

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 453 544

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Status Approved Distance 4.3 km away Area 0.7 ha Approved

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