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FPA-8832

Howpasley 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
  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT345075 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
3, 4, 5
Nearest town
Hawick
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT345075
Total area
12.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 January 2022
  2. Application accepted 11 January 2022
  3. Consultation opens 26 January 2022
  4. Consultation closes 26 January 2022
  5. Decision issued 16 February 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2024
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-8832

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Mar 2022 – 1 Mar 2023
Felling area
12 ha
Estimated volume
3,770 m³
Thinning area
5.02 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

LarchNorway spruceScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AspenDouglas firNorway spruceSitka spruceWestern red cedar

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
3a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 8.03 ha 32 yr 15,000 2,400 m³ Boundary
3b Clear Felling Larch 0.74 ha 32 yr 1,200 150 m³ Boundary
3c/d/e/f Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.97 ha 32 yr 2,000 200 m³ Boundary
5i/f Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.58 ha 40 yr 2,500 650 m³ Boundary
5i/f Clear Felling Scots pine 0.53 ha 40 yr 800 80 m³ Boundary
4g Clear Felling Larch 0.15 ha 40 yr 100 30 m³ Boundary

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
5a/e/c/d Scots pine 3.5 ha 200 m³
4a Sitka spruce 1.23 ha 50 m³
4c Mixed conifers 0.29 ha 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 90% 8.77 ha 2,500 — —
3 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10% 0.97 ha 2,500 — —
4g Replant felled area Aspen 100% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —
5 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 53% 1.12 ha 2,500 — —
5 Replant felled area Douglas fir 19% 0.4 ha 2,500 — —
5 Replant felled area Western red cedar 9% 0.19 ha 2,500 — —
5 Replant felled area Norway spruce 19% 0.4 ha 2,500 — -3/4

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-12308 Howpasley Farm Location

Hawick

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 816 m away Area 9.74 ha Approved
CB266139 Eildrig Location

Craik

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 50.37 ha Decision issued
FPA-10677 Howpasley Location

Craik

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 59.62 ha Decision issued
CB262627 North Sorrowlessfield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 3.5 km away Area 2.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-8663 Howpasley Location

Craik

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 3.5 km away Area 4.26 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
19FGS40583 Broadlee Loch Location

Skirsgill

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.1 km away Area 3.96 ha Approved
18FGS28938 Lymiecleuch Riparian Woodland Creation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.4 km away Area 7.46 ha Approved
18FGS28858 Bowanhill Riparian Woodland Planting Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.6 km away Area 8.64 ha Approved
19FGS42327 Commonside Riparian Woodlands Location

HAWICK

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.5 km away Area 29.44 ha Approved
18FGS28958 Northhouse riparian woodlands Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 8.3 km away Area 4.2 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

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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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