FPA-12675

Baddinsgill

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
Nearest town: West Linton
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT127554
Total area: 4.52 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 2 July 2025
Application accepted 2 July 2025
Consultation opens 22 July 2025
Consultation closes 19 August 2025
Decision issued 28 August 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12675

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2027
Felling area: 4.52 ha
Estimated volume: 1,990 m³
Thinning area: 0.83 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 4.52 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Aspen Birch Mixed broadleaves Mixed native broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.23 ha	34 yr	370	100 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.14 ha	35 yr	225	60 m³	n/a
3	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.26 ha	35 yr	400	120 m³	n/a
3	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.26 ha	35 yr	400	50 m³	n/a
3	Clear Felling	Larch	0.26 ha	35 yr	400	80 m³	n/a
4	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.04 ha	70 yr	1,600	470 m³	n/a
5	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	2.1 ha	60 yr	3,300	950 m³	n/a
6	Clear Felling	Larch	0.21 ha	60 yr	330	60 m³	n/a
AA	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.02 ha	30 yr	75	15 m³	n/a
AB	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0 ha	30 yr	20	5 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
7	Norway spruce	0.83 ha	80 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	100%	0.23 ha	2,500	—	—
2	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	0.14 ha	2,500	—	—
3	Replant felled area	Scots pine	100%	0.78 ha	2,500	—	—
4	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	1.04 ha	2,500	—	—
5	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	2.1 ha	2,500	—	—
6	Replant felled area	Scots pine	10%	0.02 ha	2,500	—	—
6	Replant felled area	Birch	40%	0.08 ha	1,600	—	—
6	Replant felled area	Aspen	15%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	—
6	Replant felled area	Wild cherry (Gean)	20%	0.04 ha	1,600	—	—
6	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	5%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—
6	Create Designed Open Ground	—	10%	0.02 ha	—	—	—
AA	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—
AB	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	0 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
CB178744 Baddinsgill Farm	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 447 m away	Area 4.26 ha	Decision issued 12 Mar 2013
FPA-6508 Baddinsgill Farm	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 608 m away	Area 0.32 ha	Decision issued 26 Jul 2019
FLA02300 Wakefield Farm	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 3.96 ha	Decision issued 24 Aug 2017
CB20775 Wakefield & Stoneypath Farm	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 1.15 ha	Decision issued 30 May 2012
FPA-7035 Fairslacks Croft	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 0.97 ha	Decision issued 2 Apr 2020

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
23FGS75513 Baddinsgill Faw Mount	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Under Consideration	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 41.05 ha	Key date Not published
20FGS48623 Wakefield Phase 1	Location Peebles Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 42.76 ha	Approved 13 Jul 2020
22FGS67285 Wakefield phase 3	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 18.05 ha	Approved 20 Oct 2022
17FGS22037 Wakefield Forestry 2018	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 48.86 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
26FGS94300 Baddinsgil Riparian Woodland	Location West Linton Scottish Borders	Status Open For Comment	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 12.49 ha	Consultation ends 4 Nov 2026

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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
26 Aug 2026, 21:45 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:51 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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