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FPA-12563

South Mains Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
South Mains Farm
Nearest town
Bathgate
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT014731

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 26 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 23 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 2 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
1.17 ha
Conifer
1.17 ha

Official source

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FPA-12563

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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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  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 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2027
Felling area
1.17 ha
Estimated volume
280 m³
Proposed restocking
1.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Beech Rowan Silver birch Sycamore Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.74 ha 90 yr 250 200 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.35 ha 80 yr 90 70 m³ N/A
2 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.08 ha 80 yr 50 10 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
CPT 1,2 Replant felled area Silver birch 20.51% 0.24 ha 1,600 — —
CPT 1,2 Replant felled area Rowan 20.51% 0.24 ha 1,600 — —
CPT 1,2 Replant felled area Wild cherry (Gean) 19.66% 0.23 ha 1,600 — —
CPT 1,2 Replant felled area Sycamore 19.66% 0.23 ha 1,600 — —
CPT 1,2 Replant felled area Beech 19.66% 0.23 ha 1,600 — —
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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 3.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_1303_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.1 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 014 730

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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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.

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Within 10 km
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 Status Approved Distance 4.2 km away Area 25.46 ha Approved
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 Status Approved Distance 4.2 km away Area 9.72 ha Approved

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