FPA-6986

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: Ploughlands Farm Cpt 44
Nearest town: Maxton
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT628304
Total area: 1.32 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 6 January 2020
Application accepted 6 January 2020
Consultation opens 14 January 2020
Consultation closes 11 February 2020
Decision issued 21 February 2020
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-6986

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Forestry operations

Recorded operations from Scottish Forestry’s public felling data.

Recorded felling and thinning operations
Operation	Declared area	Declared volume
CF - Clear Felling	1.32 ha	450 m³

Species and detailed restocking proposals from the public register PDF are not available for this record.

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
FLA01473 Rutherford	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 711 m away	Area 0.97 ha	Decision issued 8 Aug 2016
CB307344 Rutherford Estate	Location Kelso Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 711 m away	Area 0.97 ha	Decision issued 25 Oct 2013
CB307023 Rutherford Estate	Location Kelso Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 0.33 ha	Decision issued 25 Oct 2013
FLA01498 Magdalene Hall farm	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.02 ha	Decision issued 11 Aug 2016
FPA-7306 Muirhouselaw	Location Maxton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 12 ha	Decision issued 10 Jul 2020

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 2.0 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 4.6 km away	Area 2.53 ha	Approved 26 Oct 2020
15FGS03256 Clarilaw NWC 2016	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.4 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood	Location Melrose Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.6 km away	Area 5.7 ha	Approved 16 Mar 2021
16FGS13462 Chesters Craig Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.9 km away	Area 0.81 ha	Approved 1 Feb 2019

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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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:44 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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