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FLA01547

Leithenwater

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 16
Nearest town
Innerleithen
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT317456

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 13 July 2016
  3. Consultation opens 18 July 2016
  4. Consultation closes 15 August 2016
  5. Decision issued 24 August 2016

Area

Total area
19.10 ha
Conifer
19.10 ha

Official source

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FLA01547

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

Moorfoot Hills

Site 1186

Official SiteLink record for Moorfoot Hills
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 216 m away Published area 8,830.68 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 317 456

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 4

Dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Parent material
Organic deposits
Landform
Uplands and northern lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Blanket Peat · 100% Dystrophic blanket peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F7 Land unsuitable 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.