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FPA-12476

Duncrahill 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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT439652 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Witches Syke, Dows Syke & Flat Kilns
Nearest town
Pencaitland
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Forestry administration
Central Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT439652
Total area
0.12 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 17 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 23 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 20 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 8 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12476

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
17 Apr 2025 – 30 Oct 2025
Felling area
0.12 ha
Estimated volume
342 m³
Thinning area
5.04 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.12 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesScots pine

Proposed restocking species

CherryDouglas firEuropean silver firScots pineSessile oakSilver birchSweet chestnutSycamoreWestern red cedar

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
12 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.06 ha 60 yr 10 12 m³ —
12 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.06 ha 60 yr 35 60 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
10 Scots pine 1.78 ha 110 m³
10 Mixed broadleaves 0.46 ha 20 m³
11 Scots pine 2.55 ha 120 m³
11 Mixed broadleaves 0.25 ha 20 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
12 Plant an alternative area Silver birch 15% 0.02 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Scots pine 20% 0.02 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Douglas fir 15% 0.02 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Western red cedar 5% 0.01 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Silver fir 5% 0.01 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Sessile oak 15% 0.02 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Cherry 5% 0.01 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Sweet chestnut 5% 0.01 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock
12 Plant an alternative area Sycamore 15% 0.02 ha 2,500 — 12 Restock

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-8035 Peaston Bank Location

Pencaitland

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 1.8 ha Decision issued
FLA-6311 Humbie Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 5.1 ha Decision issued
FLA02229 Humbie Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.7 ha Decision issued
FLA01336 Humbie Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 4.4 ha Decision issued
FLA02296 Duncrahill Location

East Saltoun

East Lothian

Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 10.68 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
19FGS45003 Jojos Syke Location

TRANENT

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 621 m away Area 5.41 ha Approved
26FGS93360 Flat Kilns Woodland Creation Location

Humbie

East Lothian

Status Approved Distance 1.0 km away Area 2.6 ha Key date Not published
21FGS59144 Saughland woodland creation Location

pathhead

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 0.83 ha Approved
21FGS63085 Mixed Woodland Creation Location

Dalkeith

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 5.6 km away Area 19.89 ha Approved
26FGS93379 Blackcastle New Woodland Creation Location

Gorebridge

Midlothian

Status Approved Distance 6.8 km away Area 11.99 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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