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FPA-7964

Towerburn and Galahill woods

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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT662212 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Towerburn and Galahill woods
Nearest town
Jedburgh
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT662212
Total area
5.25 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 March 2021
  2. Application accepted 5 March 2021
  3. Consultation opens 17 May 2021
  4. Consultation closes 14 June 2021
  5. Decision issued 15 June 2021
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-7964

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
16 Apr 2021 – 1 Oct 2021
Felling area
5.25 ha
Estimated volume
890 m³
Thinning area
6.92 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Ash

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1b Selective Felling Ash 3.37 ha 22 yr 3,500 350 m³ Paint
1d Selective Felling Ash 1.88 ha 22 yr 2,000 200 m³ Paint

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1a Norway spruce 2.56 ha 70 m³
2a Ash 2.41 ha 50 m³
3a Beech 0.1 ha 20 m³
1c Norway spruce 1.85 ha 200 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1b & 1d Replant felled area Sycam ore 100% 5.25 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-12876 Overwells Farm Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 723 m away Area 4.01 ha Approved
FLA02723 Hartigge Park Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 804 m away Area 0.07 ha Key date Not published
FPA-9396 Overwells Farm Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 943 m away Area 1.94 ha Approved
FPA-8325 New Mill Farm Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 1.92 ha Decision issued
CB246397 Mount Ulston Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.6 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
18FGS31138 Fendyhall Moss Woodland Creation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.6 km away Area 14.8 ha Approved
22FGS64347 Crook Knowes Woodland Creation Location

Oxnam

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.9 km away Area 59.98 ha Approved
20FGS55544 Old Jed Woodland Creation Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.0 km away Area 46.08 ha Approved
22FGS69028 Earlshaugh and Philip Law WC Location

Jedburgh

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.3 km away Area 35.19 ha Approved
16FGS13462 Chesters Craig Woodland Creation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.3 km away Area 0.81 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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