FPA-13491

Balmar Woods

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

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: Balmar Woods
Nearest town: Ancrum
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT624244
Total area: 0.20 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 29 May 2026
Application accepted 29 May 2026
Consultation opens 9 June 2026
Consultation closes 9 June 2026
Decision issued 18 June 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 8 July 2026
Last seen on the register 9 September 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13491

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028
Felling area: 0.2 ha
Estimated volume: 110 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
CA	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.2 ha	65 yr	395	110 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
CA	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	100%	0.2 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
FPA-11438 Balmars Woods	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 0 m away	Area 0.78 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2024
FPA-11436 Balmars House	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 100 m away	Area 0.16 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2024
FPA-10099 Lydgate	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 200 m away	Area 1.31 ha	Approved 17 Jul 2024
FPA-6469 Lydgate Woodland	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 200 m away	Area 1.6 ha	Decision issued 26 Jul 2019
FPA-9766 Balmar House	Location Ancrum Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 224 m away	Area 0.08 ha	Decision issued 2 Sept 2022

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
16FGS13462 Chesters Craig Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 0.81 ha	Approved 1 Feb 2019
17FGS24937 Spittal on Rule Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 6.05 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
15FGS03256 Clarilaw NWC 2016	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.2 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
24FGS83639 Rutherford and Mellendean Native Woodland Creation	Location St Boswells Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 7.5 km away	Area 11.02 ha	Approved 10 Apr 2025
16FGS08114 Clarilaw Conifer 2017	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 8.1 km away	Area 3.36 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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
9 Sept 2026, 06:07 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
8 Jul 2026, 21:39 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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