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FPA-8606

Falahill

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

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

Register grid reference: NT377568 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Middleton moor shelter belt
Nearest town
Herriot
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT377568
Total area
6.96 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 November 2021
  2. Application accepted 23 November 2021
  3. Consultation opens 29 November 2021
  4. Consultation closes 27 December 2021
  5. Decision issued 7 February 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-8606

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Feb 2022 – 1 Feb 2024
Felling area
6.96 ha
Estimated volume
3,743 m³

Species in felling operations

Scots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
26a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.61 ha 45 yr 2,200 1,526 m³ all
21b Clear Felling Scots pine 0.97 ha 55 yr 873 240 m³ all
21c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.38 ha 45 yr 4,934 1,977 m³ all

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
26a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 33.76% 2.35 ha 2,500 — —
26a Create Designed Open Ground — 3.74% 0.26 ha — — —
21b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 13.94% 0.97 ha 2,500 — —
21c Replant felled area Sitka spruce 48.56% 3.38 ha 2,500 — -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
FLA02744 Falahill Farm Location

Heriot

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 17.1 ha Decision issued
FLA02412 Tynehead Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 5.19 ha Decision issued
FLA01954 Tynehead Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 5.19 ha Key date Not published
FLA02255 Wester Middleton Farm Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 1.17 ha Decision issued
FPA-12770 Falahill Farm Location

Heriot

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 3.45 ha Approved

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
21FGS61045 Falahill woodland creation Location

Heriot

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.1 km away Area 3.7 ha Approved
17FGS15497 Nettlingflat 17 Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 17.97 ha Approved
20FGS49263 Hagbrae Woodland Creation Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 18.2 ha Approved
18FGS29018 Shoestanes NWC 2 Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.9 km away Area 3.32 ha Approved
25FGS85679 Toun Hill Location

Stow

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.2 km away Area 155.15 ha Approved

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

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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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