FPA-7844

Mertoun Estate

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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Cpt 1 & 2
Nearest town: St Boswells
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT614323
Total area: 0.15 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 26 January 2021
Application accepted 26 January 2021
Consultation opens 3 February 2021
Consultation closes 3 March 2021
Decision issued 9 March 2021
Restocking due 30 June 2023
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-7844

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 15 Apr 2021 – 15 Apr 2023
Felling area: 0.15 ha
Estimated volume: 45 m³

Species in felling operations

AshPoplar

Proposed restocking species

Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt 1	Clear Felling	Ash	0.05 ha	80 yr	6	20 m³	N/A
Cpt 2	Clear Felling	Poplar	0.1 ha	80 yr	9	25 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 01	Replant felled area	Oak	100%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 02	Replant felled area	Oak	100%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	-/

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
CB412076 Mertoun Estate	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 517 m away	Area 3 ha	Decision issued 18 Jun 2014
FLA01498 Magdalene Hall farm	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 820 m away	Area 0.02 ha	Decision issued 11 Aug 2016
FPA-8279 Mertoun Mill	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 917 m away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 2 Sept 2021
FPA-6575 Mertoun Estate	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 933 m away	Area 1.25 ha	Decision issued 7 Aug 2019
FPA-13382 Clinthill Woodlands	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.6 ha	Approved 19 Jun 2026

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
24FGS83639 Rutherford and Mellendean Native Woodland Creation	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 11.02 ha	Approved 10 Apr 2025
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.1 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
15FGS03256 Clarilaw NWC 2016	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.2 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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, 21:32 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:30 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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