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FPA-7682

Whitburgh 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
  • FC - Felling Coppice
  • FO - Felling Individual Trees
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT433627 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
2a/b/c 7 8d 9c 14a 15b/c/e/f 21 25
Nearest town
Pathhead
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT433627
Total area
1.01 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 November 2020
  2. Application accepted 17 November 2020
  3. Consultation opens 2 February 2021
  4. Consultation closes 2 February 2021
  5. Decision issued 8 February 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-7682

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
2 Feb 2021 – 30 Jun 2025
Felling area
1.01 ha
Estimated volume
1,054 m³
Thinning area
8.57 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

AlderBeechNorway spruceSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AlderHornbeamMixed conifersOakSitka spruceWoody shrubs

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
15e Felling Individual Trees Beech 0.11 ha 100 yr 43 200 m³ pink
15b Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.37 ha 39 yr 450 250 m³ —
15c Felling Coppice Alder 0.12 ha 30 yr 100 30 m³ —
14a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.41 ha 70 yr 350 150 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
7 Ash 2.87 ha 100 m³
8d Mixed broadleaves 0.44 ha 40 m³
8d Mixed conifers 0.43 ha 40 m³
2a Norway spruce 0.32 ha 20 m³
2b Sycamore 0.74 ha 40 m³
2c Sitka spruce 0.06 ha 4 m³
9c Norway spruce 0.44 ha 40 m³
15f Birch 0.72 ha 70 m³
21 Mixed broadleaves 0.99 ha 30 m³
25b Mixed broadleaves 1.56 ha 40 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
15e Replant felled area Hornbeam 6.93% 0.07 ha 1,600 — —
15e Create Designed Open Ground — 0.99% 0.01 ha — — —
15b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 30.69% 0.31 ha 2,500 — —
15b Create Designed Open Ground — 5.94% 0.06 ha — — —
15c Restock by natural regeneration Alder 10.89% 0.11 ha 1,600 — —
15c Create Designed Open Ground — 0.99% 0.01 ha — — —
14a Replant felled area Mixed broadleave s 24.75% 0.25 ha 1,600 — —
14a Replant felled area Mixed conifers 7.92% 0.08 ha 2,500 — —
14a Replant felled area Woody shrubs 3.96% 0.04 ha 1,600 — —
14a Create Designed Open Ground — 3.96% 0.04 ha — — —
15e Replant felled area Oak 2.97% 0.03 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
CB390753 Whitburgh Farm Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 224 m away Area 3.05 ha Decision issued
CB33434 Whitburgh Estate Location

Dalkeith

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 487 m away Area 3.8 ha Decision issued
CB257213 Whitburgh Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 488 m away Area 2.2 ha Decision issued
CB197014 Saughland Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 1.47 ha Decision issued
FLA00064 Falawood Cottage Location

Pathhead

Midlothian

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 0.8 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
21FGS59144 Saughland woodland creation Location

pathhead

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 1.2 km away Area 0.83 ha Approved
21FGS63085 Mixed Woodland Creation Location

Dalkeith

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 19.89 ha Approved
26FGS93379 Blackcastle New Woodland Creation Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 3.3 km away Area 11.99 ha Approved
26FGS93380 Blackcastle Agroforestry Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 3.3 km away Area 0 ha Approved
19FGS45003 Jojos Syke Location

TRANENT

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 5.41 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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