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FPA-12233

Balado Farm South

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Balado Farm South Wood
Nearest town
Kinross
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO087017

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 7 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 11 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 11 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 March 2025
  6. Restocking due 15 May 2027

Area

Total area
3.65 ha
Conifer
3.65 ha

Official source

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FPA-12233

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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
31 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
3.65 ha
Estimated volume
1,550 m³
Proposed restocking
3.65 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Mixed conifers Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.65 ha 40 yr 1,550 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.73 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Mixed conifers 33% 1.2 ha 2,700
4 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 36% 1.31 ha 2,700
2 Create Designed Open Ground 11% 0.4 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 087 017

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 472

Brown earths

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Sourhope · 100% Brown earths
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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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