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FPA-12440

Ledgerwood

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
  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NT582436 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Cpt 1,2,3,4,5,&6
Nearest town
Earlston
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT582436
Total area
6.56 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 28 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 7 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 4 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 5 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12440

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
31 May 2025 – 24 Mar 2027
Felling area
6.56 ha
Estimated volume
2,325 m³
Thinning area
1 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
6.56 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Larch 0.3 ha 60 yr — 100 m³ N/A
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Ash 3 ha 100 yr — 600 m³ N/A
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Ash 0.6 ha 90 yr — 300 m³ N/A
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.15 ha 90 yr — 100 m³ N/A
Cpt 4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.5 ha 60 yr — 250 m³ N/A
Cpt 4 Clear Felling Larch 0.1 ha 60 yr — 50 m³ N/A
Cpt 4 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.31 ha 60 yr — 100 m³ N/A
Cpt 5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.4 ha 60 yr — 650 m³ N/A
Cpt 5 Clear Felling Birch 0.2 ha 60 yr — 50 m³ N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before (stems/ha) After (stems/ha)
Cpt 1 Beech 0.7 ha 50 m³ 1,000 800
Cpt 6 Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 75 m³ 1,500 1,200

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt 1 Restock by natural regeneration Beech 100% 0.3 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Oak 100% 3 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Oak 80% 0.6 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —
Cpt 4 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 50% 0.46 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 4 Replant felled area Scots pine 50% 0.46 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 87.5% 1.4 ha 2,500 — —
Cpt 5 Replant felled area Alder 12.5% 0.2 ha 1,600 — —

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-8096 Legerwood Farm Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 566 m away Area 3.7 ha Decision issued
FLA02975 Legerwood Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 825 m away Area 1.75 ha Decision issued
CB414366 Birkenside Farm Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 6.31 ha Decision issued
CB256251 Whitslaid Farm Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 0.8 ha Decision issued
FPA-11528 Whitslaid Farm Location

Lauder

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 2.2 km away Area 3 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
19FGS40323 Pyatshaw NWC 1 Location

LAUDER

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 5.2 km away Area 4.6 ha Approved
25FGS89161 West Jeaniefield Location

Earlston

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 5.8 km away Area 43.19 ha Approved
16FGS04895 Macks Mill Cpt 10 Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.7 km away Area 5.31 ha Approved
17FGS14917 Lightfields Plantation Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 6.8 km away Area 13.17 ha Approved
15FGS02915 Crow Wood NWC Location

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 7.0 km away Area 5.1 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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

  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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