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FPA-6783

Almondell & Calderwood Country Park

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • FO - Felling Individual Trees
  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT091690 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Larch Wood & other woods at Almondell
Nearest town
East Calder
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT091690
Total area
4.90 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 October 2019
  2. Application accepted 9 October 2019
  3. Consultation opens 7 January 2020
  4. Consultation closes 6 January 2020
  5. Decision issued 7 January 2020
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2023
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-6783

Find this record on the official register

Forestry operations

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

Felling window
31 Oct 2019
Felling area
4.9 ha
Estimated volume
1,338 m³
Thinning area
19.51 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

AshBeechHorse chestnutJapanese larchMixed broadleavesSycamore

Proposed restocking species

AlderBeechMixed broadleavesMixed native broadleavesOakScots pineSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1h Selective Felling Beech 0.01 ha 200 yr 2 4 m³ paint cross
1i Selective Felling Beech 0.02 ha 200 yr 1 2 m³ paint cross
1i Selective Felling Ash 0.2 ha 200 yr 15 2 m³ paint cross
1k Selective Felling Beech 0.02 ha 200 yr 1 2 m³ paint cross
1k Selective Felling Horse chestnut 0.02 ha 30 yr 1 2 m³ paint cross
1l Selective Felling Beech 0.01 ha 200 yr 2 4 m³ paint slash
1m Felling Individual Trees Ash 0.02 ha 40 yr 9 5 m³ paint slash
1q Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.02 ha 100 yr 3 2 m³ paint slash
1s Selective Felling Ash 0.1 ha 40 yr 10 3 m³ paint slash
2 a&b Selective Felling Japanese larch 2 ha 70 yr 1,700 560 m³ trees to retain paint band
2 a&b Selective Felling Ash 0.6 ha 40 yr 100 60 m³ —
2 e,f&g Selective Felling Japanese larch 1 ha 70 yr 440 345 m³ trees to retain paint band
2 e,f&g Selective Felling Ash 0.5 ha 40 yr 83 14 m³ paint slash
2j Selective Felling Sycamore 0.09 ha 100 yr 5 1 m³ paint slash
2p Selective Felling Japanese larch 0.2 ha 70 yr 42 19 m³ paint slash
2t Selective Felling Beech 0.08 ha 200 yr 2 4 m³ —
2u Felling Individual Trees Sycamore 0.01 ha — 4 1 m³ paint slash

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1g Scots pine 0.38 ha 15 m³
1h Beech 0.5 ha 2 m³
1h Sycamore 0.4 ha 1 m³
1h Ash 0.3 ha 9 m³
1h Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 4 m³
1h Mixed conifers 0.02 ha 4 m³
1k Ash 0.3 ha 8 m³
1k Mixed broadleaves 0.8 ha 4 m³
1l Beech 0.8 ha 8 m³
1l Sycamore 0.8 ha 3 m³
1l Ash 0.8 ha 12 m³
1l Mixed broadleaves 0.3 ha 3 m³
1p Ash 0.3 ha 3 m³
1p Mixed broadleaves 1.2 ha 1 m³
1q Sitka spruce 0.18 ha 10 m³
1r Beech 0.1 ha 1 m³
1r Ash 0.1 ha 1 m³
1r Mixed broadleaves 0.08 ha 1 m³
1s Willow 1.79 ha 2 m³
2 a&b Mixed broadleaves 1.29 ha 30 m³
2c Ash 0.6 ha 13 m³
2c Mixed broadleaves 1.5 ha 3 m³
2c Japanese larch 0.6 ha 50 m³
2 e,f&g Sycamore 0.1 ha 18 m³
2 e,f&g Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 1 m³
2 e,f&g Mixed conifers 0.03 ha 1 m³
2l Sycamore 0.42 ha 2 m³
2n Sycamore 0.5 ha 10 m³
2n Ash 0.03 ha 2 m³
2n Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 1 m³
2p Ash 0.2 ha 30 m³
2p Sycamore 2.1 ha 23 m³
2 q&r Corsican pine 0.45 ha 16 m³
2 q&r Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 1 m³
3a Mixed conifers 2.3 ha 15 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1h Replant felled area Oak 100% 0.01 ha 1,600 — —
1i Restock with individual trees Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.22 ha — 40 —
1k Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 75% 0.03 ha 1,600 — —
1k Create Designed Open Ground — 25% 0.01 ha — — —
1l Replant felled area Beech 80% 0.01 ha 1,600 — —
1l Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 0 ha — — —
1q Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 80% 0.02 ha 1,600 — —
1q Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 0 ha — — —
1s Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 80% 0.08 ha 1,600 — —
1s Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 0.02 ha — — —
2a&b Replant felled area Oak 50% 1.3 ha 1,600 — —
2a&b Replant felled area Silver birch 20% 0.52 ha 1,600 — —
2a&b Replant felled area Common alder 20% 0.52 ha 1,600 — —
2a&b Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 10% 0.26 ha 1,600 — —
2e,f&g Replant felled area Oak 50% 0.75 ha 1,600 — —
2e,f&g Replant felled area Silver birch 20% 0.3 ha 1,600 — —
2e,f&g Replant felled area Scots pine 20% 0.3 ha 2,500 — —
2e,f&g Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 10% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —
2j Restock with individual trees Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.09 ha — 10 —
2t Replant felled area Oak 80% 0.06 ha 1,600 — —
2t Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 0.02 ha — — —
2p Replant felled area Oak 50% 0.1 ha 1,600 — —
2p Replant felled area Scots pine 30% 0.06 ha 1,600 — —
2p Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.04 ha 1,600 — —
2u Restock with individual trees Oak 100% 0.01 ha — 10 —
1m Restock with individual trees Oak 100% 0.02 ha — 20 —

Nearby

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Surrounding forestry activity

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Felling applications

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Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FLA03632 Almondell & Calderwood Country Park Location

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Status Expired Distance 339 m away Area 4.11 ha Decision issued
FLA02520 Broompark Nursery Location

East Calder

West Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 5.95 ha Decision issued
FLA03197 Livingston Woods Location

Livingston

West Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 0.81 ha Decision issued
CB116400 Pumpherston Wood, Block 25 Location

pumpherston

West Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 0.3 ha Decision issued
CB33536 Uphall Business Park Location

Uphall Station

West Lothian

Status Expired Distance 3.4 km away Area 0.43 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
20FGS49303 Glen Park Location

Balerno

Edinburgh City

Status Approved Distance 6.1 km away Area 10.64 ha Approved
21FGS61105 Morton Hill Woodland Creation Location

Livingston

West Lothian

Status Approved Distance 6.6 km away Area 62 ha Approved
20FGS47263 Buteland Farm WC Cpts 8 and 9 Location

Balerno

Edinburgh City

Status Approved Distance 7.2 km away Area 59.54 ha Approved
19FGS41346 Cousland Woodland Creation Location

SOUTH QUEENSFERRY

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Status Approved Distance 7.3 km away Area 3.45 ha Approved
20FGS49004 TTH Cairns Farm 2020 Plantations Location

Kirknewton

West Lothian

Status Approved Distance 7.5 km away Area 2.46 ha Approved

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Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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