FPA-12505

Bo'ness Woodlands

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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Compartment 1 and 2
Nearest town: Bo'ness
Local authority: Falkirk Council
Forestry administration: Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS985815
Total area: 1.06 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 29 April 2025
Application accepted 29 April 2025
Consultation opens 8 September 2025
Consultation closes 8 September 2025
Decision issued 12 September 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12505

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 8 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2029
Felling area: 1.06 ha
Estimated volume: 106 m³
Thinning area: 5.34 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 1.06 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

AshBirchMixed broadleavesMixed conifersSycamoreWillow

Proposed restocking species

Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.11 ha	35 yr	159	11 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.11 ha	35 yr	159	11 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Birch	0.21 ha	35 yr	318	21 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Ash	0.21 ha	35 yr	318	21 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Sycamore	0.21 ha	35 yr	318	21 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Willow	0.21 ha	35 yr	318	21 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
2	Mixed broadleaves	2.67 ha	—	1,125	1,012
2	Mixed conifers	2.67 ha	—	375	338

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Compartment 1	Restock by natural regeneration	Silver birch	100%	1.06 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
FPA-13673 Kinneil Estate - Clear Felling	Location Bo'ness Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 13.06 ha	Approved 27 Oct 2026
CB327297 Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway	Location Bo'ness Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 0.64 ha	Decision issued 12 Dec 2013
FLA00535 Kinneil Lagoons	Location Grangemouth Falkirk	Status Expired	Distance 4.1 km away	Area 0.98 ha	Decision issued 29 Jul 2015
FPA-11074 Grange View	Location Linlithgow West Lothian	Status Expired	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 15 Jan 2024
FPA-10726 Grange View	Location Linlithgow West Lothian	Status Expired	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 0.33 ha	Key date Not published

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
25FGS89260 Boness WIG	Location Kinneil Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 575 m away	Area 0 ha	Approved 12 Dec 2025
21FGS62145 Belsyde Wood	Location Linlithgow West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 7.5 km away	Area 25.46 ha	Approved 22 Sept 2022
20FGS54163 TTH Kipps Farm NWC	Location Linlithgow West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 7.6 km away	Area 14.21 ha	Approved 24 Mar 2021
21FGS61385 Polmont WIG WIAT WC SMF	Location Falkirk Falkirk	Status Approved	Distance 7.8 km away	Area 0 ha	Approved 30 Oct 2023
22FGS64605 Bankhead Woodland Creation	Location Livingston West Lothian	Status Approved	Distance 9.0 km away	Area 6.35 ha	Approved 19 Jul 2022

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, 06:30 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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