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FLA02912

South Slipperfield

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Various
Nearest town
West Linton
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT135512

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 13 February 2018
  3. Consultation opens 19 February 2018
  4. Consultation closes 19 March 2018
  5. Decision issued 16 April 2018

Area

Total area
0.47 ha
Conifer
0.47 ha

Official source

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FLA02912

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

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

STH17_0560

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Withdrawn Proximity 3.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published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

Dolphinton - West Linton Fens and Grassland

Site 523

Official SiteLink record for Dolphinton - West Linton Fens and Grassland
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 64.59 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Westwater Reservoir

Site 1621

Official SiteLink record for Westwater Reservoir
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 49.8 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 134 511

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 197

Brown earths with peaty alluvial soils with dystrophic basin peat

Soil association
Eckford
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Mounds and hollows with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Eckford · 70% Brown earths
  • Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Basin Peat · 15% Dystrophic basin peat
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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.