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FPA-12298

Roxburghe Estates

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpts 115 (Blakedean)
Nearest town
Yetholm
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT840238

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 25 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 24 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 21 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 24 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
2.98 ha
Conifer
2.98 ha

Official source

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FPA-12298

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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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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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
Felling area
2.98 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
2.98 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
115 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.98 ha 45 yr 4,768 N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
115 Replant felled area Scots pine 43.96% 1.31 ha 2,500
115 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 46.98% 1.4 ha 2,500
115 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.03% 0.15 ha 1,600
115 Create Designed Open Ground 4.03% 0.12 ha

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

River Tweed

Site 1366

Official SiteLink record for River Tweed
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 2,533.66 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 839 237

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

National soil map of Scotland

Immature soils

Map unit 482

Brown rankers with podzolic rankers

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Hills and valley sides with very steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • SOURHOPE(BRANK) · 50% Brown rankers
  • SOURHOPE(PODRANK) · 50% Podzolic rankers
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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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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.