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FPA-12175

Forest Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 2
Nearest town
Craighouse, Jura
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NR540720

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 17 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 7 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 8 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
1.73 ha
Conifer
1.73 ha

Official source

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FPA-12175

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

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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
1 Mar 2025 – 1 Mar 2027
Felling area
1.73 ha
Estimated volume
740 m³
Proposed restocking
1.73 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.05 ha 50 yr 1,300 440 m³ TAPE
2 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.21 ha 50 yr 260 60 m³ TAPE
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.47 ha 50 yr 506 240 m³ TAPE

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2 Replant felled area Alder 1.73% 0.03 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Birch 9.83% 0.17 ha 1,600
2 Create Designed Open Ground 2.89% 0.05 ha
2 Replant felled area Noble fir 8.09% 0.14 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Norway spruce 37.57% 0.65 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Western red cedar 8.09% 0.14 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Rowan 2.31% 0.04 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Willow 2.31% 0.04 ha 1,600
4 Create Designed Open Ground 12.14% 0.21 ha
4 Replant felled area Noble fir 2.31% 0.04 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10.4% 0.18 ha 2,500
4 Replant felled area Western red cedar 2.31% 0.04 ha 2,500
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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NR 539 720

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 188

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Durnhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from quartzites and quartzose grits
Landform
Hills and hill sides with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Balloch · 70% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 30% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
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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.