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FPA-13412

Gateshaw Farm

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
  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT780225 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source ↗ · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Gateshaw Farm
Nearest town
Morebattle
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT780225
Total area
5.29 ha

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Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 16 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 7 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 4 June 2026
  5. Decision issued 18 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 8 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 9 September 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13412

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2028
Felling area
5.29 ha
Estimated volume
2,109 m³
Thinning area
3.44 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
5.29 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.82 ha 40 yr 1,644 329 m³ Boundary
Cpt 3 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.19 ha 35 yr 192 48 m³ Boundary
Cpt 3 Selective Felling Scots pine 0.13 ha 35 yr 128 26 m³ Boundary
Cpt 3 Selective Felling Sycamore 0.19 ha 35 yr 192 29 m³ Boundary
Cpt 3 Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.13 ha 35 yr 128 19 m³ Boundary
Cpt 5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.85 ha 45 yr 1,692 296 m³ Boundary
Cpt 5 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.09 ha 45 yr 188 33 m³ Boundary
Cpt 6 Selective Felling Scots pine 0.18 ha 45 yr 276 46 m³ Boundary
Cpt 6 Selective Felling Norway spruce 0.15 ha 45 yr 221 37 m³ Boundary
Cpt 6 Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.04 ha 45 yr 55 7 m³ Boundary
Cpt 7 Selective Felling Beech 0.19 ha 70 yr 191 29 m³ Boundary
Cpt 7 Selective Felling Ash 0.19 ha 70 yr 191 29 m³ Boundary
Cpt 7 Selective Felling Sycamore 0.19 ha 70 yr 191 29 m³ Boundary
Cpt 7 Selective Felling Oak 0.19 ha 70 yr 191 29 m³ Boundary
Cpt 9 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.58 ha 45 yr 2,376 475 m³ Boundary
Cpt 9 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.18 ha 45 yr 264 35 m³ Boundary

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
Cpt 4 Sitka spruce 0.17 ha 35 m³
Cpt 4 Sycamore 0.13 ha 20 m³
Cpt 4 Ash 0.09 ha 13 m³
Cpt 4 Mixed broadleaves 0.04 ha 7 m³
Cpt 8 Oak 0.1 ha 19 m³
Cpt 8 Sycamore 0.1 ha 19 m³
Cpt 8 Ash 0.1 ha 19 m³
Cpt 8 Sitka spruce 0.03 ha 6 m³
Cpt 11 Sycamore 0.52 ha 78 m³
Cpt 11 Ash 0.07 ha 29 m³
Cpt 11 Mixed broadleaves 0.15 ha 29 m³
Cpt 13 Lodgepole pine 1.55 ha 310 m³
Cpt 13 Sitka spruce 0.39 ha 29 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 40% 0.33 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 40% 0.33 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Scots pine 10% 0.08 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.08 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Douglas fir 50% 0.47 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Norway spruce 25% 0.24 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Silver birch 20% 0.19 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Pedunculate oak 5% 0.05 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 9 Replant felled area Douglas fir 60% 1.06 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 9 Replant felled area Norway spruce 20% 0.35 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 9 Replant felled area Western red cedar 20% 0.35 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Douglas fir 100% 0.64 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 6 Replant felled area Sycamore 100% 0.37 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 7 Replant felled area Sycamore 100% 0.76 ha 1,600 — —

Nearby

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Felling applications

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FPA-7300 Whitton Farm Location

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Status Expired Distance 2.2 km away Area 2.7 ha Decision issued
FPA-8214 Crookhouse farm Location

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Status Expired Distance 3.6 km away Area 1.56 ha Decision issued
FLA00742 Crookhouses Location

Kelso

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 3.9 km away Area 3 ha Decision issued

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
19FGS39163 Morebattle tofts woodland creation 2019 Location

KELSO

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.8 km away Area 25.42 ha Approved
16FGS12885 Over Whitton WC Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 47.24 ha Approved
19FGS45423 Whitton phase 1 Location

KELSO

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.0 km away Area 4.12 ha Approved
17FGS17157 Belford Hope New Planting 2017 Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.9 km away Area 4.26 ha Approved
15FGS04214 Beirhope Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 321.28 ha Approved

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

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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