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FPA-12109

Alvie Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 61
Nearest town
Kincraig
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH839078

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 December 2024
  2. Application accepted 18 December 2024
  3. Consultation opens 20 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 17 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 1 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.10 ha
Conifer
0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-12109

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
3 Feb 2025 – 15 Feb 2025
Felling area
0.1 ha
Estimated volume
9.8 m³
Proposed restocking
0.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Douglas fir

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
61 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 14 9.8 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
61 Plant an alternative area Douglas fir 100% 0.1 ha 2,500 61, d
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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 Feshie

Site 1361

Official SiteLink record for River Feshie
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 600.88 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

River Spey - Insh Marshes

Site 1364

Official SiteLink record for River Spey - Insh Marshes
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 1,156.96 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

River Spey

Site 1699

Official SiteLink record for River Spey
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 1,959.91 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 838 077

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 100

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Mounds and ridges with gentle to steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Corby · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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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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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.