Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland submitted a request to purchase 9.4 hectares of land at Leadburn, next to Leadburn Community Woodland. FLCW proposed to increase the variety of walks available from the community woodland and to open up views to the south by removing many existing conifers. The cleared area was to intended to be restored as a raised bog.

Decision notice

• Decision notice in relation to Leadburn (PDF 82KB)

Documents and maps

• Asset Transfer Request (PDF 481KB)
• Proposals for extension of Leadburn Wood (PDF 764KB)
• Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland Business Plan (PDF 594KB)
• Land research report (2013) by Russell Anderson (PDF 869KB)
• Peatland Assessment by Tweed Forum (PDF 4.45MB)
• Letter of community support (PDF 72KB)
• Articles of Association of the Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland (PDF 1MB)
• Location map (PDF 369KB)

Have your say

Anyone may make representations about a request and representations are published online. The representations on the request for Leadburn received by the deadline of 5 April 2018 are published below:

• Representation dated 18 March 2018 (PDF 51KB)
• Representation dated 31 March 2018 (PDF 93KB)