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FPA-12553

Rullion Green

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Rullion Green
Nearest town
Edinburgh
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT228623

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 15 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 8 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 7 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.74 ha
Conifer
0.67 ha
Broadleaf
0.07 ha

Official source

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FPA-12553

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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

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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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 Jun 2025 – 30 Apr 2027
Felling area
0.74 ha
Estimated volume
200 m³
Proposed restocking
0.74 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Corsican pine Grand fir Mixed broadleaves Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Grand fir 0.3 ha 45 yr 600 90 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Corsican pine 0.3 ha 45 yr 600 70 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.07 ha 45 yr 140 20 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.07 ha 45 yr 140 20 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.74 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 228 622

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 466

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Sorn
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
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.

  • Glenpark · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.