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FPA-12523

Williamhope

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 1,2,3 & 4
Nearest town
Peel Caddonfoot
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT406333

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 2 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 29 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 26 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 30 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
1.87 ha
Conifer
1.52 ha
Broadleaf
0.35 ha

Official source

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FPA-12523

Find FPA-12523 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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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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
    Approved

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

S_P_Pram13_0926_Peel Hill 1

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH22_0295_0892 Yair

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_1082 Craig Cairn

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH23_0039

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0238

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.5 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

Williamhope

Site 1640

Official SiteLink record for Williamhope
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 466 m away Published area 69.31 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Glenkinnon Burn

Site 736

Official SiteLink record for Glenkinnon Burn
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 923 m away Published area 38.06 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 406 332

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 229

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with simple convex steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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.