FPA-9223

Smithy Cottage

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

SF - Selective Felling

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
Nearest town: Westruther
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT636500
Total area: 0.62 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 2 March 2022
Application accepted 2 March 2022
Consultation opens 7 March 2022
Consultation closes 7 March 2022
Decision issued 10 March 2022
Restocking due 30 June 2024
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-9223

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 2 Mar 2022 – 2 Mar 2024
Felling area: 0.62 ha
Estimated volume: 350 m³

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce

Proposed restocking species

BeechRowanScots pineSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Smithy Cottage	Selective Felling	Norway spruce	0.62 ha	40 yr	700	350 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Smithy Cottage	Replant felled area	Scots pine	10%	0.06 ha	1,600	—	—
Smithy Cottage	Replant felled area	Rowan	10%	0.06 ha	1,600	—	—
Smithy Cottage	Replant felled area	Silver birch	20%	0.13 ha	1,600	—	—
Smithy Cottage	Replant felled area	Beech	60%	0.38 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
CB391408 Mansefield	Location Westruther Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 446 m away	Area 0.3 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2014
CB43212 Cammerlaws	Location Westruther Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 1.67 ha	Decision issued 18 Jun 2012
FLA00801 Cammerlaws	Location Westruther Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 2.6 ha	Decision issued 2 Dec 2015
CB283692 Wedderlie Farm	Location Westruther/Duns Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 2 ha	Decision issued 19 Sept 2013
FPA-10127 Flass & Raecleugh	Location Westruther Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 27.8 ha	Decision issued 18 Jan 2023

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
19FGS43663 Wedderlie Phase 1	Location GORDON Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 23.58 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2020
15FGS02915 Crow Wood NWC	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.3 km away	Area 5.1 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
19FGS40323 Pyatshaw NWC 1	Location LAUDER Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 4.6 ha	Approved 3 Oct 2019
20FGS51103 TTH Bedshiel west woodland creation	Location Westruther Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 3.22 ha	Approved 16 Dec 2020
16FGS04895 Macks Mill Cpt 10	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 5.31 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, 20:26 BST

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

Status when first captured

Expired

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