FPA-12682

Greenknowe 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

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: North Laws
Nearest town: Swinton
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT830493
Total area: 0.67 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 3 July 2025
Application accepted 3 July 2025
Consultation opens 2 September 2025
Consultation closes 30 September 2025
Decision issued 2 October 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12682

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Felling area: 0.67 ha
Estimated volume: 57 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.67 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

AspenSilver birchWillow

Proposed restocking species

OakRowanSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Silver birch	0.22 ha	70 yr	78	19 m³	Boundary
1	Clear Felling	Willow	0.22 ha	70 yr	78	19 m³	Boundary
1	Clear Felling	Aspen	0.22 ha	70 yr	77	19 m³	Boundary

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Oak	65%	0.43 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Rowan	10%	0.07 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Silver birch	25%	0.17 ha	1,600	—	—

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
FLA03403 Law's North Plantation	Location Duns Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 125 m away	Area 6.91 ha	Decision issued 18 Sept 2018
FPA-8875 North Laws Plantation	Location Whitsome Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 335 m away	Area 4.3 ha	Decision issued 25 Feb 2022
FPA-12264 North Laws Plantation	Location Duns Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 398 m away	Area 2.92 ha	Approved 24 Apr 2025
CB418558 Swinton West Wood	Location Swinton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 15 May 2014
FLA01333 The Glebe Field	Location Swinton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 2 Jun 2016

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
20FGS51023 TTH Dovecot Wood	Location Duns Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 2.2 ha	Approved 24 Sept 2020
18FGS31920 Crunklaw native riparian woodland	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.1 km away	Area 2.86 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
23FGS72254 Manderston NWC 23	Location Duns Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 5.4 km away	Area 0.51 ha	Approved 26 Sept 2023
21FGS63146 Manderston Native woodland 22	Location Duns Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 4.96 ha	Approved 25 May 2022
26FGS91999 Milne Graden NWC 2026	Location Upsettlington Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 6.34 ha	Approved 23 Sept 2026

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
4 Nov 2026, 06:29 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:49 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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