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FPA-12562

Hardington House

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.

Register grid reference: NS970308 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Lodge Plantation & Shillow Head Farm
Nearest town
Abington
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NS970308
Total area
3.60 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 22 September 2025
  4. Consultation closes 21 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 22 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12562

Find this record on the official register

Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2027
Felling area
3.6 ha
Estimated volume
1,250 m³
Proposed restocking
3.6 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesMixed conifersNorway spruceScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BeechMixed broadleavesNorway spruceSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.4 ha 65 yr 1,000 500 m³ —
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.8 ha 65 yr 600 300 m³ —
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.2 ha 65 yr 100 50 m³ —
1 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.2 ha 65 yr 100 50 m³ —
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.2 ha 65 yr 100 50 m³ —
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 35 yr 1,500 300 m³ —

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 36.11% 1.3 ha 2,500 — —
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 16.67% 0.6 ha 2,500 — —
1 Replant felled area Beech 13.89% 0.5 ha 1,600 — —
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 11.11% 0.4 ha 1,600 — —
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 22.22% 0.8 ha 2,500 — —

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
FPA-10009 Hartside Location

Lamington

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 1.03 ha Decision issued
FLA-6018 Wiston Lodge Location

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 2.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10745 Newton of Wiston Location

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 0.42 ha Decision issued
FPA-12189 Chesterhall Farm Location

Wiston

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 2.2 km away Area 4.99 ha Approved
FPA-10394 Newton of Wiston Location

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 2.3 km away Area 1.85 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
24FGS77679 Dungavel Hill Woodland Creation Location

Wiston

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 1.1 km away Area 66.81 ha Approved
22FGS64925 Chesterhall woodland creation Location

Wiston

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 5.09 ha Approved
19FGS42423 Baitlaws phase 2 Location

BIGGAR

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 5.23 ha Approved
19FGS42403 Baitlaws phase 1 Location

BIGGAR

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 6.92 ha Approved
21FGS61685 Baitlaws phase 4 Location

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 4.6 km away Area 18.12 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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