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FPA-12618

North Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
North Wood
Nearest town
Livingstone
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT027701

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 10 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 26 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 24 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 31 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
1.53 ha
Conifer
1.25 ha
Broadleaf
0.18 ha

Official source

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FPA-12618

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First archived 9 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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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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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 – 1 Sept 2027
Felling area
1.53 ha
Estimated volume
1,291 m³
Thinning area
0.51 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
1.53 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
A1 Clear Felling Norway spruce All of the species within this block 0.1 ha 55 yr 50 70 m³
A1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves All of the trees within this block 0.03 ha 40 yr 10 10 m³
A3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce All of the trees within this block 0.65 ha 55 yr 1,000 950 m³
A3 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine All of trees within this block 0.42 ha 55 yr 380 120 m³
A3 Clear Felling Beech To be sprayed 0.15 ha 55 yr 50 30 m³
A3 Clear Felling Scots pine To be sprayed 0.07 ha 55 yr 50 33 m³
A4 Clear Felling Scots pine To be sprayed 0.11 ha 55 yr 50 33 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
A2 To be sprayed 0.51 ha 45 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
A1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 1.31% 0.02 ha 1,600
A1 Replant felled area Woody shrubs 6.54% 0.1 ha 1,600
A1 Replant felled area Scots pine 0.65% 0.01 ha 1,600
A3 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 52.29% 0.8 ha 1,600
A3 Replant felled area Woody shrubs 16.99% 0.26 ha 1,600
A3 Replant felled area Scots pine 6.54% 0.1 ha 1,600
A4 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 4.31% 0.07 ha 1,600
A4 Replant felled area Woody shrubs 1.44% 0.02 ha 1,600
A4 Replant felled area Scots pine 1.44% 0.02 ha 1,600
A3 Create Designed Open Ground 8.5% 0.13 ha

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_1303_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_1303_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1290_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1290_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 027 701

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 444

Brown earths

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Macmerry · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

Built up area

Source code F8

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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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

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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Status Under Consideration Distance 2.0 km away Area 0.53 ha Key date Not published

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

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Status Approved Distance 6.2 km away Area 9.72 ha Approved

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