FPA-9425

Whitslaid 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Big Glen Wood
Nearest town: Earlston
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT575405
Total area: 0.60 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 5 April 2022
Application accepted 5 April 2022
Consultation opens 13 April 2022
Consultation closes 13 April 2022
Decision issued 5 May 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-9425

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 5 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2024
Felling area: 0.6 ha
Estimated volume: 515 m³
Thinning area: 1.82 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Grand firMixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruceSycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Big Glen Wood	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.58 ha	35 yr	1,200	400 m³	n/a
Big Glen Wood	Clear Felling	Grand fir	0.01 ha	35 yr	20	5 m³	n/a
Big Glen Wood	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.01 ha	35 yr	50	10 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
Big Glen Wood	Scots pine	1.82 ha	100 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Big Glen Wood	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	96.67%	0.58 ha	2,500	—	—
Big Glen Wood	Replant felled area	Sycamore	3.33%	0.02 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
FPA-9145 Carolside	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 3.62 ha	Decision issued 5 May 2022
FPA-11487 West Morriston	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 2.75 ha	Decision issued 18 Jun 2024
FPA-9286 Carolside	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 5 May 2022
FLA-6269 West Morriston	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 1.35 ha	Decision issued 7 May 2019
FLA-6191 Carolside	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 8.96 ha	Decision issued 29 Mar 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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs	Location Langshaw Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 91.8 ha	Approved 9 Nov 2023
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.0 km away	Area 43.19 ha	Approved 28 May 2026
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 21.69 ha	Approved 22 Jul 2021
19FGS39823 Colmsliehill Native Woodland	Location GALASHIELS Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.7 km away	Area 5.88 ha	Approved 5 Aug 2019

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, 20:23 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:12 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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