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FPA-9142

Bushie Law

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT192098

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 February 2022
  2. Application accepted 21 February 2022
  3. Consultation opens 21 February 2022
  4. Consultation closes 21 February 2022
  5. Decision issued 28 February 2022

Area

Total area
43.75 ha
Conifer
43.75 ha

Official source

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FPA-9142

Find FPA-9142 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

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.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH21_0395_0398 Bushie Law

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0974

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 32 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0394_0396-0397 Birnie Brae

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 415 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0397-0399 Birnie Cleuch (Potburn)

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 514 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0164

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 409 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 191 098

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 229

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with simple convex steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ettrick

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Status Expired Distance 2.2 km away Area 2.43 ha Decision issued

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

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Within 10 km
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Status Expired Distance 4.7 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 5.6 km away Area 45.96 ha Approved
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Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 6.1 km away Area 55.16 ha Approved
22FGS68668 Steinstane and Sailfoot Location

Moffat

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Approved Distance 7.0 km away Area 45.56 ha Approved

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