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FPA-12240

Pitcastle Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Oak Wood
Nearest town
Strathtay
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NN907534

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 10 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 21 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 21 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 7 April 2025
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
1.19 ha
Conifer
0.19 ha
Broadleaf
1.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-12240

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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
    Expired

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
10 Mar 2025 – 1 Apr 2025
Felling area
1.19 ha
Estimated volume
91 m³
Proposed restocking
1.19 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Hazel Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Oak Wood Felling Individual Trees Sycamore 1 ha 70 yr 20 68 m³ numbered 1-20
Oak Wood Felling Individual Trees Sitka spruce 0.19 ha 60 yr 5 23 m³ numbered 1-5

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Oak Wood Restock with individual trees Oak 84.03% 1 ha 50
Oak Wood Restock with individual trees Hazel 15.97% 0.19 ha 100
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH16_1018_Pairc na Creige

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_1312WF

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Withdrawn Proximity 3.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 906 533

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 98

Humus-iron podzols with mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Valley floors with terraces and mounds with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Corby · 70% Humus-iron podzols
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 5% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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.