FPA-8381

Sorrowlessfield Mains 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Cpt 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Nearest town: Earlston
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT567369
Total area: 1.13 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 13 August 2021
Application accepted 13 August 2021
Consultation opens 21 September 2021
Consultation closes 19 October 2021
Decision issued 5 November 2021
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-8381

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Mar 2022 – 1 Dec 2022
Felling area: 1.13 ha
Estimated volume: 478 m³
Thinning area: 2.91 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Scots pineSitka spruceSycamore

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
3a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.5 ha	36 yr	600	220 m³	all
3a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.17 ha	36 yr	120	22 m³	all
4b	Selective Felling	Scots pine	0.43 ha	75 yr	200	60 m³	Nearly all
4b	Selective Felling	Sycamore	0.03 ha	35 yr	20	2 m³	As necessary

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2	Sitka spruce	1.16 ha	80 m³
5	Sitka spruce	0.44 ha	24 m³
6a	Sitka spruce	0.41 ha	20 m³
7	Sitka spruce	0.9 ha	50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
3a	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	68.66%	0.46 ha	2,500	—	—
3a	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	31.34%	0.21 ha	1,600	—	—
4b	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	90%	0.41 ha	1,600	—	—
4b	Create Designed Open Ground	—	10%	0.05 ha	—	—	-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-12387 Sorrowlessfield Mains Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 110 m away	Area 1.99 ha	Approved 7 May 2025
FPA-11419 North Sorrowlessfield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 838 m away	Area 2.47 ha	Decision issued 19 Apr 2024
FPA-9228 North Sorrowlessfield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 838 m away	Area 2.47 ha	Decision issued 10 Mar 2022
FPA-10182 Cowdenknowes	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 903 m away	Area 5.6 ha	Decision issued 7 Mar 2023
FPA-11464 Craigsford West	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 941 m away	Area 1.86 ha	Decision issued 23 May 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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 717 m away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.4 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs	Location Langshaw Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.0 km away	Area 91.8 ha	Approved 9 Nov 2023
21FGS56444 Glendearg Allan Water Planting	Location Galashiels Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.4 km away	Area 21.69 ha	Approved 22 Jul 2021

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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StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 20:59 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:20 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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