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FPA-13508

Pitmain & Glenbanchor Estate

Under Consideration Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Kingussie
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH749030

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 June 2026
  2. Application accepted 1 May 2026
  3. Consultation opens 7 August 2026
  4. Consultation closes 4 September 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
7.30 ha
Conifer
5.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-13508

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First archived 8 August 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. Status changed

    From
    Open For Comment
    To
    Under Consideration
  3. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

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
1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028
Felling area
7.5 ha
Estimated volume
3,450 m³
Thinning area
25 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
7.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Lodgepole pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
18 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2 ha 50 yr 750 m³ n/a
18 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.5 ha 50 yr 150 m³ n/a
23 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 5 ha 50 yr 1,800 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
26 Scots pine 25 ha 750 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
18 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 6.67% 0.5 ha 1,600
18 Replant felled Scots pine area 26.67% 2 ha 2,500
23 Replant felled Birch area 13.33% 1 ha 1,600
23 Replant felled Scots pine area 53.33% 4 ha 2,500
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 749 029

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 3

Dystrophic basin peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Parent material
Organic deposits
Landform
Basins and valleys
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Basin Peat · 100% Dystrophic basin peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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22FGS63865 Glenbanchor New Woodland Location

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Status Under Consideration Distance 7.4 km away Area 124.9 ha Key date Not published

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