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FPA-12497

Pinkerton Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Pinkerton Farm
Nearest town
Spott
Local authority
East Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT686745

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 24 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 19 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 16 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
2.93 ha
Conifer
2.43 ha
Broadleaf
0.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-12497

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2027
Felling area
2.93 ha
Estimated volume
1,172 m³
Proposed restocking
2.93 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
18bb Clear Felling Scots pine 0.23 ha 70 yr 257 94 m³ na
18bb Clear Felling Sycamore 0.03 ha 70 yr 29 10 m³ na
20aa Clear Felling Scots pine 0.18 ha 50 yr 198 72 m³ na
20ba Clear Felling Scots pine 0.27 ha 60 yr 220 108 m³ na
20c Clear Felling Scots pine 1.04 ha 35 yr 2,600 416 m³ na
20da Clear Felling Scots pine 0.71 ha 60 yr 578 283 m³ na
20da Clear Felling Sycamore 0.47 ha 60 yr 385 189 m³ na

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
18bb Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 7.85% 0.23 ha 2,500
18bb Restock by natural regeneration Sycamor e 1.02% 0.03 ha 1,600
20aa Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 6.14% 0.18 ha 2,500
20ba Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 9.22% 0.27 ha 2,500
20c Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 35.49% 1.04 ha 2,500
20da Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 24.23% 0.71 ha 2,500
20da Restock by natural regeneration Sycamor e 16.04% 0.47 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Woodhall Dean

Site 1646

Official SiteLink record for Woodhall Dean
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 57.52 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 686 744

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 362

Brown earths

Soil association
Lauder
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Hills and valley sides with strong and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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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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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.