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FPA-12182

Kingside Craigburn

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Sheephouse Wood
Nearest town
Peebles
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT253554

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 28 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 14 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 12 May 2025
  5. Decision issued 13 May 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
5.10 ha
Conifer
5.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-12182

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

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

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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
14 May 2025 – 14 May 2027
Felling area
5.1 ha
Estimated volume
8,100 m³
Proposed restocking
5.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

European larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Lodgepole pine Mixed broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.59 ha 45 yr 8,100 7,290 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling European larch 0.51 ha 45 yr 900 810 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 64.71% 3.3 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 19.61% 1 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5.88% 0.3 ha 1,600
1 Create Designed Open Ground 9.8% 0.5 ha
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 253 553

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 210

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Foothills and depressions with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Ettrick · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.