FPA-13699

Inveruglas Farm

Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Inveruglas Farm Wood
Nearest town: Arrochar
Local authority: Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy: Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference: NN319092

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 7 September 2026
Application accepted 18 August 2026
Consultation opens 14 September 2026
Consultation closes 12 October 2026
Decision issued Not yet
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 1.50 ha
Conifer: 0.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-13699

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First archived 15 September 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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Track changes

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15 Sept 2026, 06:00 BST

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First captured
15 Sept 2026, 06:00 BST

Status when first captured

Open For Comment

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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 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Felling area: 1.5 ha
Estimated volume: 80 m³
Proposed restocking: 1.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce Western hemlock

Proposed restocking species

Oak Rowan

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Western hemlock	0.5 ha	60 yr	—	50 m³	—
1	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	1 ha	60 yr	—	30 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Restock by natural regeneration	Oak	45%	0.68 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Restock by natural regeneration	Rowan	45%	0.68 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Create Designed Open Ground	—	10%	0.15 ha	—	—	—

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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
STH24_0842b P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity Covers application grid-reference point	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0842c Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 98 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0842a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 115 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH23_0175-0807 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 833 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0352-0605 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.5 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.

Site	Designation	Proximity	Published area	Geographic scope
Ben Vorlich Site 193 Official SiteLink record for Ben Vorlich ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.5 km away	Published area 766.54 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
Pollochro Woods Site 1301 Official SiteLink record for Pollochro Woods ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.5 km away	Published area 292.96 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
Glen Loin Site 713 Official SiteLink record for Glen Loin ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.9 km away	Published area 65.36 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
Craig Royston Woods Site 444 Official SiteLink record for Craig Royston Woods ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 2.0 km away	Published area 93.38 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 318 092

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 503

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association: Strichen
Parent material: Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform: Hummocky valley moraines

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Strichen · 85% Humus-iron podzols
Hythie · 15% Peaty gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees