FPA-7581

Moorfoot

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 50
Nearest town: Waterhead
Local authority: West Lothian Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT280520
Total area: 3.45 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 29 September 2020
Application accepted 24 September 2020
Consultation opens 26 January 2021
Consultation closes 26 January 2021
Decision issued 28 January 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-7581

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jan 2021 – 1 Jan 2023
Felling area: 3.45 ha
Estimated volume: 1,262 m³

Species in felling operations

European larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Douglas firSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
50a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	2.83 ha	35 yr	1,400	1,138 m³	n/a
50c	Clear Felling	European larch	0.62 ha	35 yr	400	124 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 1t5	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	60%	2.07 ha	2,500	—	—
Cpt 1s5	Replant felled area	Douglas fir	26.96%	0.93 ha	2,500	—	—
Cpt 1v5	Create Designed Open Ground	—	11.01%	0.38 ha	—	—	—
Cpt 1q5	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleave s	2.03%	0.07 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
FLA-6133 Portmore	Location Eddleston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 21.72 ha	Decision issued 29 Mar 2019
CB267115 Portmore Estate	Location Eddleston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 12.11 ha	Decision issued 14 Aug 2013
FLA01471 Portmore Estate	Location Eddleston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 4.5 ha	Key date Not published
CB20985 Portmore Estate	Location Peebles Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 16.23 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2012
CB513597 Portmore Estate	Location Penicuik Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 21.72 ha	Decision issued 14 Oct 2014

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
18FGS32939 Moorfoot Woodland Creation	Location Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 532 m away	Area 234.33 ha	Approved 17 Feb 2020
17FGS19839 Westloch	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 436.31 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
22FGS67628 Portmore New Planting	Location Peebles Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 8.15 ha	Approved 20 Oct 2022
19FGS45384 WC MAULDSLIE 2020	Location GOREBRIDGE Midlothian	Status Approved	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 3.83 ha	Approved 7 Jul 2020
17FGS21037 Waterheads Riparian Tree Planting	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 1.68 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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 21:35 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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