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FPA-12259

Scone Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Highfield Plantation - LY60e Muirward – ST61i & ST62a
Nearest town
Scone
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO138282

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 12 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 17 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 17 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 March 2025
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
6.30 ha
Conifer
5.90 ha

Official source

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FPA-12259

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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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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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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
20 Mar 2025 – 30 May 2025
Felling area
6.3 ha
Estimated volume
3,250 m³
Proposed restocking
6.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
LY60e Clear Felling Scots pine 5.5 ha 78 yr 9,900 2,750 m³
ST61i Selective Felling Norway spruce 0.4 ha 54 yr 500 200 m³
ST62a Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.4 ha 75 yr 250 300 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
LY60e Replant felled area Scots pine 87.3% 5.5 ha 2,700
ST61i Restock by natural regeneration Norway spruce 6.35% 0.4 ha 2,700
ST62b Restock by natural regeneration Mixed conifers 6.35% 0.4 ha 2,700
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 138 281

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 42

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Balrownie
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from sandstones of Lower Old Red Sandstone age, often water-modified
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Lour · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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