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FPA-12721

Wall Cottage

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Pheasantry Wood
Nearest town
Innerleithen
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT319379

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 16 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 24 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 21 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
2.98 ha
Conifer
2.91 ha
Broadleaf
0.07 ha

Official source

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FPA-12721

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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
1 Sept 2025 – 30 Aug 2027
Felling area
2.98 ha
Estimated volume
1,885 m³
Proposed restocking
2.98 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Douglas fir Japanese larch Mixed broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Aspen Birch Douglas fir Mixed broadleaves Norway spruce Other Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.45 ha 55 yr 1,450 1,570 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.11 ha 55 yr 270 80 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.28 ha 55 yr 210 170 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.07 ha 55 yr 95 35 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.07 ha 40 yr 65 30 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2 Replant felled area Scots pine 15% 0.45 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Birch 15% 0.45 ha 1,600 — —
2 Replant felled area Aspen 15% 0.45 ha 1,600 — —
2 Replant felled area Douglas fir 10% 0.3 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10% 0.3 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 30% 0.89 ha 1,600 — —
2 Replant felled area Other 5% 0.15 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

Pr15_Nether_Horsburgh

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1035 Kirnie Law

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0259_0260_a

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0259_0260_b

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_1084_Glentress_Peel

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 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

Nut Wood

Site 1250

Official SiteLink record for Nut Wood ↗ 		Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 941 m away Published area 2.89 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed ↗ 		Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 967 m away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Grieston Quarry

Site 748

Official SiteLink record for Grieston Quarry ↗ 		Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 1.75 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 319 378

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 221

Brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills and valley sides with steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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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.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-11350 Lee Pen Location

Innerleithen

Scottish Borders

 Status Expired Distance 142 m away Area 7.49 ha Decision issued
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Innerleithen

Scottish Borders

 Status Expired Distance 283 m away Area 4.87 ha Decision issued
FPA-10332 Pheasantry Location

Innerleithen

Scottish Borders

 Status Expired Distance 316 m away Area 0.04 ha Decision issued
FPA-12163 Merrybrae Location

Innerleithen

Scottish Borders

 Status Approved Distance 412 m away Area 0 ha Approved
FPA-12491 Lee Pen wood Location

Innerleithen

Scottish Borders

 Status Approved Distance 510 m away Area 2.51 ha Approved

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

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Scottish Borders

 Status Under Consideration Distance 2.7 km away Area 0 ha Key date Not published
21FGS59466 Traquair native woodland creation Location

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 Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 0.68 ha Approved
26FGS93740 Kailzie Farm Riparian Woodlands Location

Peebles

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 Status Under Consideration Distance 4.0 km away Area 5.33 ha Key date Not published
19FGS39203 Kailzie Farms New Woods Location

PEEBLES

Scottish Borders

 Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 20.9 ha Approved

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