FPA-9638

Morridgehall

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: Morridgehall oak Woods
Nearest town: Maxton
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT609289
Total area: 0.16 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 23 May 2022
Application accepted 23 May 2022
Consultation opens 25 May 2022
Consultation closes 22 June 2022
Decision issued 10 August 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-9638

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jun 2022 – 31 May 2024
Felling area: 0.16 ha
Estimated volume: 175 m³
Thinning area: 0.56 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesOak

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleavesOak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt 1	Clear Felling	Oak	0.13 ha	100 yr	30	100 m³	None
Cpt 1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.03 ha	100 yr	10	25 m³	None

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
Cpt 2/3	Oak	0.17 ha	15 m³	60	45
Cpt 2/3	Oak	0.39 ha	35 m³	60	45

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 1	Replant felled area	Oak	80%	0.13 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 1	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	20%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	-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
FLA01930 Morridgehall	Location Maxton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 226 m away	Area 0.79 ha	Decision issued 3 Apr 2017
FLA00297 Morridgehall	Location Maxton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 226 m away	Area 2.43 ha	Decision issued 30 Mar 2015
CB209635 Morridgehall	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 226 m away	Area 1.33 ha	Decision issued 19 Apr 2013
FPA-7960 Morridgehall Farm	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 426 m away	Area 2.22 ha	Decision issued 14 Jun 2021
FPA-7088 Longnewtown Forest	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 3.21 ha	Decision issued 13 May 2020

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
24FGS83639 Rutherford and Mellendean Native Woodland Creation	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.1 km away	Area 11.02 ha	Approved 10 Apr 2025
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.2 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
15FGS03256 Clarilaw NWC 2016	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.4 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
16FGS13462 Chesters Craig Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.1 km away	Area 0.81 ha	Approved 1 Feb 2019
16FGS08114 Clarilaw Conifer 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.2 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, 20:06 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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