FPA-6992

Georgefield

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: Hannahshiels / Blackhill Plantations
Nearest town: Earlston
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT597377
Total area: 13.60 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 7 January 2020
Application accepted 7 January 2020
Consultation opens 21 February 2020
Consultation closes 20 March 2020
Decision issued 2 April 2020
Restocking due 30 June 2022
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-6992

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 30 Jan 2020
Felling area: 13.6 ha
Estimated volume: 5,609 m³

Species in felling operations

BirchMixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BeechBirchOakSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	8.16 ha	30 yr	13,980	4,194 m³	None
1	Clear Felling	Birch	4.76 ha	30 yr	8,560	1,110 m³	None
1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.68 ha	30 yr	1,220	305 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	50%	6.8 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Oak	25.3%	3.44 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Birch	14.7%	2 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Create Designed Open Ground	Beech	10%	1.36 ha	1,100	—	-/

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-10078 Georgefield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 11 Nov 2022
FPA-6990 Georgefield	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 2 Apr 2020
FPA-6915 Georgefield Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 1 ha	Decision issued 2 Apr 2020
FPA-9951 Brotherstone Farm Mertoun Estate	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 6.94 ha	Decision issued 11 Nov 2022
FPA-13247 Cowdenknowes Mains Farm	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 3.79 ha	Approved 31 Mar 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
23FGS73913 Cowdenknowes woodland creation Packmans Wood	Location Earlston Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 8 Sept 2023
20FGS51963 TTH North Dryburgh Woodland Creation	Location Newton St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.1 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
17FGS14917 Lightfields Plantation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 13.17 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
23FGS74796 Chatto Craigs	Location Langshaw Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.1 km away	Area 91.8 ha	Approved 9 Nov 2023

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, 21:57 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:43 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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