FPA-12905

Bewliehill Farm

Approved 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

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 5
Nearest town: Melrose
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT573266
Total area: 0.98 ha

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Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 30 September 2025
Application accepted 30 September 2025
Consultation opens 8 October 2025
Consultation closes 4 November 2025
Decision issued 13 November 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12905

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 15 Nov 2025 – 15 Nov 2027
Felling area: 0.98 ha
Estimated volume: 208 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.98 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
5	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.57 ha	40 yr	450	200 m³	N/A
5	Selective Felling	Ash	0.41 ha	40 yr	40	8 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
5	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed broadleaves	100%	0.98 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-12768 Bewliehill Farm	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 361 m away	Area 0.54 ha	Approved 23 Sept 2025
FPA-12918 Whitehill Farm	Location Kelso Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 447 m away	Area 1.14 ha	Approved 21 Nov 2025
FLA02995 New Belses Farm	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 671 m away	Area 1.3 ha	Decision issued 8 May 2018
FLA00978 New Belses Farm	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 671 m away	Area 1.9 ha	Decision issued 7 Jan 2016
FPA-12741 New Belses Farm	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 922 m away	Area 1.08 ha	Approved 12 Sept 2025

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
15FGS03256 Clarilaw NWC 2016	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
16FGS08114 Clarilaw Conifer 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
23FGS71033 West Burn Woodland Creation	Location Midlem Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 127.71 ha	Approved 7 Mar 2023
16FGS13462 Chesters Craig Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 0.81 ha	Approved 1 Feb 2019
20FGS51324 Prieston Farm	Location Selkirk Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.3 km away	Area 5.06 ha	Approved 14 Dec 2020

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
26 Aug 2026, 14:24 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:48 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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