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FPA-13408

Bowhill Estate (Huntley Hill)

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Huntley Hill
Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT420245

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 14 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 28 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 28 May 2026
  5. Decision issued 10 July 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
4.37 ha
Conifer
4.27 ha
Broadleaf
0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-13408

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 9 September 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. Status changed

    From
    Under Consideration
    To
    Approved
  3. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Under Consideration

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
11 May 2026 – 11 May 2028
Felling area
4.37 ha
Estimated volume
1,931.5 m³
Proposed restocking
4.37 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1074BE Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 126 yr 5 5 m³ N/A
1074BB Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 126 yr 5 5 m³ N/A
1069BA Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.38 ha 72 yr 684 171 m³ N/A
1069BA Clear Felling Scots pine 0.38 ha 72 yr 684 171 m³ N/A
1074BD Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 67 yr 360 90 m³ N/A
1074BD Clear Felling Scots pine 0.2 ha 67 yr 360 90 m³ N/A
1074BA Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.83 ha 67 yr 1,494 373.5 m³ N/A
1074AB Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.33 ha 67 yr 594 148.5 m³ N/A
1074AA Clear Felling Scots pine 0.17 ha 67 yr 306 76.5 m³ N/A
1069AA Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.78 ha 68 yr 3,204 801 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1074BE Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 100% 0.05 ha 1,600
1074BB Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 100% 0.05 ha 1,600
1069BA Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 50% 0.38 ha 1,600
1069BA Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 50% 0.38 ha 1,600
1074BD Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 50% 0.2 ha 1,600
1074BD Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 50% 0.2 ha 1,600
1074BA Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.83 ha 1,600
1074AB Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.33 ha 1,600
1074AA Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 100% 0.17 ha 1,600
1069AA Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 1.78 ha 1,600
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH23_0223

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0940-0941

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 719 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 419 244

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 223

Brown earths with rankers

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with strong and steep complex slopes: moderately to very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 70% Brown earths
  • ETTRICK(RANK) · 30% Rankers
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.