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FPA-12482

Harburn Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 3 & 4
Nearest town
West Calder
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT045606

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 23 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 15 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 12 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 16 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
2.27 ha
Conifer
1.46 ha

Official source

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FPA-12482

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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
10 Jun 2025 – 10 Jun 2027
Felling area
2.27 ha
Estimated volume
410 m³
Proposed restocking
2.27 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
3 Clear Felling Larch 0.8 ha 45 yr 400 150 m³
3 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.81 ha 45 yr 450 150 m³
3 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.17 ha 45 yr 50 25 m³
4 Clear Felling Grand fir 0.4 ha 50 yr 50 80 m³
4 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.09 ha 50 yr 12 5 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
3 Replant felled Douglas fir area 39.21% 0.89 ha 2,700
3 Replant felled Norway spruce area 39.21% 0.89 ha 2,700
4 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 21.59% 0.49 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Hermand Birchwood

Site 774

Official SiteLink record for Hermand Birchwood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 11.66 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 045 605

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 444

Brown earths

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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