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FPA-13486

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Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Letham
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO526481

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 May 2026
  2. Application accepted 22 May 2026
  3. Consultation opens 23 September 2026
  4. Consultation closes 21 October 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.35 ha
Conifer
0.25 ha

Official source

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FPA-13486

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First archived 24 September 2026 · last seen on the register 24 September 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    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 Jul 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area
0.35 ha
Estimated volume
75 m³
Proposed restocking
0.35 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Leyland cypress Other

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt. 1 Clear Felling Leyland cypress 0.25 ha 25 yr 80 50 m³ n/a
Cpt. 2 Clear Felling Other 0.05 ha 15 yr 25 15 m³ n/a
Cpt. 3 Clear Felling Other 0.05 ha 15 yr 10 10 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cpt 1,2,3 Plant an alternative area Scots pine 100% 0.35 ha 2,500 Cpt 1,2,3
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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 525 481

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 41

Brown earths

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

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

  • Balrownie · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 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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