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FPA-9515

Hawksnest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Hawksnest Woods
Nearest town
Galashiels
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT489415

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 April 2022
  2. Application accepted 21 April 2022
  3. Consultation opens 3 May 2022
  4. Consultation closes 31 May 2022
  5. Decision issued 13 June 2022

Area

Total area
2.14 ha
Conifer
2.14 ha

Official source

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FPA-9515

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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.

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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.

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Colmsliehill Junipers

Site 394

Official SiteLink record for Colmsliehill Junipers
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 35.44 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 488 415

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 209

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Altimeg · 50% Brown earths
  • Kedslie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.

Nearby records

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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 7.11 ha Decision issued

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

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
19FGS39823 Colmsliehill Native Woodland Location

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19FGS38384 Torsonce Mains NWC 1 Location

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Status Approved Distance 3.7 km away Area 1.41 ha Approved
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield Location

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Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 43.19 ha Approved
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting Location

Galashiels

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Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 21.69 ha Approved

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