FPA-7956

Wilderness Wood

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
Woodland: Wilderness Wood
Nearest town: Livingston
Local authority: West Lothian Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT037655
Total area: 0.07 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 4 March 2021
Application accepted 9 August 2021
Consultation opens 1 November 2021
Consultation closes 1 November 2021
Decision issued 2 November 2021
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-7956

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Nov 2021 – 30 Nov 2021
Felling area: 0.07 ha
Estimated volume: 16.26 m³

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

BirchScots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
40b	Selective Felling	Ash	0.07 ha	50 yr	45	16.26 m³	Cutter Select

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
40b	Restock by natural regeneration	Birch	28.57%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—
40b	Restock by natural regeneration	Rowa n	14.29%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—
40B	Restock by natural regeneration	Sycam ore	28.57%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—
40B	Restock by natural regeneration	Hawth orn	14.29%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—
40B	Restock by natural regeneration	Scots pine	14.29%	0.01 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-12642 Kirkton Woods	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.96 ha	Approved 25 Aug 2025
FPA-12667 Memsstar Ltd	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.12 ha	Approved 26 Aug 2025
CB301066 Dedridge Woods	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 30 Oct 2013
FPA-10994 WLC Livingston Woods	Location Cousland, Livingston West Lothian	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 0.21 ha	Decision issued 26 Oct 2023
FPA-11940 Railway Wood	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 0.3 ha	Approved 11 Nov 2024

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
19FGS41346 Cousland Woodland Creation	Location SOUTH QUEENSFERRY West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 3.45 ha	Approved 10 Oct 2019
21FGS61105 Morton Hill Woodland Creation	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 5.1 km away	Area 62 ha	Approved 20 Dec 2021
22FGS67847 Harburn Woodland Creation	Location Harburn West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 24.1 ha	Approved 8 Nov 2022
18FGS25477 Whitelea Burn	Location West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 44.86 ha	Approved 24 Apr 2019
20FGS49004 TTH Cairns Farm 2020 Plantations	Location Kirknewton West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 2.46 ha	Approved 27 Jul 2022

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, 20:58 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:19 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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