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FPA-12720

Humbie Woods

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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT466655 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Humbie Woods
Nearest town
Humbie
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT466655
Total area
4.46 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 17 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 9 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 8 October 2025
  5. Decision issued 11 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12720

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
25 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2027
Felling area
4.46 ha
Estimated volume
1,964 m³
Thinning area
4.4 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
4.46 ha · 100% of felling licence

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
2c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.99 ha 47 yr 6,000 1,200 m³ Tape
2c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.94 ha 47 yr 2,000 400 m³ Tape
5g Clear Felling European larch 0.52 ha 70 yr 1,000 200 m³ Tape
5f Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.01 ha 70 yr 20 4 m³ Tape

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before (stems/ha) After (stems/ha)
5d European larch 1.72 ha 50 m³ 400 360
5f European larch 0.41 ha 20 m³ 400 360
6c European larch 1.4 ha 50 m³ 400 360
6h European larch 0.87 ha 40 m³ 400 360

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
2c Replant felled area Sitka spruce 67.19% 2.99 ha 2,500 — —
2c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 21.12% 0.94 ha 1,600 — —
5g Replant felled area Sitka spruce 11.69% 0.52 ha 2,500 — —
5f Create Designed Open Ground — 0.31% 0.01 ha — — —

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-7498 Humbie Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 500 m away Area 4.87 ha Decision issued
FLA01640 Humbie Wood Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 500 m away Area 9.12 ha Decision issued
FLA01997 Humbie Woodland Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 583 m away Area 2 ha Decision issued
FLA02296 Duncrahill Location

East Saltoun

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 990 m away Area 10.68 ha Decision issued
FLA03459 Highlea Farm Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 4.42 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
26FGS93360 Flat Kilns Woodland Creation Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 1.6 km away Area 2.6 ha Key date Not published
19FGS45003 Jojos Syke Location

TRANENT

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 3.1 km away Area 5.41 ha Approved
21FGS59144 Saughland woodland creation Location

pathhead

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 6.2 km away Area 0.83 ha Approved
20FGS54483 Butterdean Woodland Creation Location

Haddington

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 6.8 km away Area 7.62 ha Approved
22FGS69848 Soutra Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.0 km away Area 65.61 ha Approved

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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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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