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CB45309

Melfort Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cuilfail Wood (cpt 1, 2 and 3)
Nearest town
Kilmelford
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM842129

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 28 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 23 April 2012
  3. Consultation opens 17 May 2012
  4. Consultation closes 14 June 2012
  5. Decision issued 28 June 2012

Area

Total area
16.78 ha
Conifer
15.91 ha

Official source

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CB45309

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First archived 27 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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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

S_P_0437_Melfort

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 1.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318c

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Closed Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0306-0309

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 2.3 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 · NM 841 128

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 519

Brown earths with humic gleys

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Ridged low hills with strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • TARVES(HG) · 50% Humic gleys
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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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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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Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 8.66 ha Decision issued
FPA-13607 Melfort Estate Location

Kilmelford

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Status Approved Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.07 ha Key date Not published
FLA-6147 Part Melfort Woodlands Location

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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 0.2 ha Decision issued
FPA-12805 Kilchoan Estate Location

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Status Approved Distance 2.0 km away Area 13.77 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
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21FGS62167 Melfort Estate Location

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Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 18.5 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 2.8 km away Area 87.87 ha Approved
23FGS76295 Kilchoan Lochs new woodland creation v2 Location

Kilchoan

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Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 71.04 ha Approved
23FGS70394 Clachan Farm Native Woodland Creation Location

Oban

Argyll and Bute

Status Approved Distance 9.8 km away Area 50 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.