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FPA-12128

Strathspey Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Blairemore, Balnaclash, Auchnarrow
Nearest town
Grantown
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ062319

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 7 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 20 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 20 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 March 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2031

Area

Total area
9.03 ha
Conifer
1.70 ha

Official source

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FPA-12128

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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 Jun 2025 – 28 Feb 2027
Felling area
9.03 ha
Estimated volume
7,280 m³
Thinning area
40.05 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
9.03 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Norway spruce Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
S30/26 Clear Felling Norway spruce 7.33 ha 60 yr 10,262 5,100 m³ Marked Boundary
S30/26 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.7 ha 60 yr 2,380 1,100 m³ Marked Boundary

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
S30/27 Scots pine 6.38 ha 160 m³
S30/27 Sitka spruce 1.25 ha 20 m³
S30/27 Larch 2.07 ha 20 m³
S30/27 Birch 2.33 ha 20 m³
S30/35 Lodgepole pine 16.61 ha 500 m³
S30/35 Scots pine 6.82 ha 160 m³
S30/35 Norway spruce 4.59 ha 200 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
S30/26 Replant felled area Norway spruce 65.01% 5.87 ha 2,500
S30/26 Replant felled area Silver birch 24.92% 2.25 ha 2,500
S30/26 Create Designed Open Ground 10.08% 0.91 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 062 319

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 20

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Birichin · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Gordonbush · 50% 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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Status Expired Distance 3.1 km away Area 0.06 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 4.9 ha Approved

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.