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FLA-6335

Morton Woodland

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartments 1a, 4 and 10a
Nearest town
Livingston
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT078632

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 March 2019
  2. Application accepted 25 March 2019
  3. Consultation opens 14 May 2019
  4. Consultation closes 11 June 2019
  5. Decision issued 26 June 2019

Area

Total area
14.69 ha
Conifer
14.69 ha

Official source

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FLA-6335

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Linhouse Valley

Site 937

Official SiteLink record for Linhouse Valley
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 35.7 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 078 631

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 446

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Rowanhill · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.