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FPA-9056

Soutra Mains Farm

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.

Register grid reference: NT450582 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Soutra Shelterbelts
Nearest town
Fala
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT450582
Total area
5.37 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 February 2022
  2. Application accepted 8 February 2022
  3. Consultation opens 16 May 2022
  4. Consultation closes 16 May 2022
  5. Decision issued 18 May 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2025
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-9056

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
16 May 2022 – 1 Apr 2024
Felling area
5.37 ha
Estimated volume
3,050 m³
Thinning area
0.44 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

LarchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleavesScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.87 ha 40 yr 6,600 1,500 m³ —
A Clear Felling Larch 0.75 ha 40 yr 1,650 450 m³ —
A Clear Felling Scots pine 0.75 ha 40 yr 1,650 450 m³ —
B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1 ha 40 yr 2,300 520 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
A Scots pine 0.44 ha 130 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 56.61% 3.04 ha 2,500 — —
A Replant felled area Scots pine 16.39% 0.88 ha 2,500 — —
A Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 2.79% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —
B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 18.62% 1 ha 2,500 — —
A Create Designed Open Ground — 5.59% 0.3 ha — — -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
FPA-12643 Soutra Mains Location

Fala

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 26 m away Area 0.54 ha Approved
FPA-10422 Soutra Mains Location

Fala Village

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 772 m away Area 1.4 ha Decision issued
FPA-13579 Dere Street Location

Fala

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 872 m away Area 37.51 ha Approved
FPA-13066 Dere Street Location

Fala

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 1.1 km away Area 1.16 ha Approved
CB203481 Gilston Location

Fala

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.01 ha Decision issued

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
22FGS69848 Soutra Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 868 m away Area 65.61 ha Approved
21FGS62125 Dere Street Woodland Creation Location

Oxton

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 978 m away Area 29.79 ha Approved
21FGS63085 Mixed Woodland Creation Location

Dalkeith

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 3.1 km away Area 19.89 ha Approved
15FGS00693 Headshaw Trees 2015 Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.6 km away Area 10.85 ha Approved
21FGS62205 Brothershiels phase 2 Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 5.54 ha Approved

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Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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