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FPA-12081

Keppoch Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Keppoch Estate
Nearest town
Dingwall
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH506597

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 December 2024
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 22 January 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 17 March 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
0.47 ha
Conifer
0.46 ha
Broadleaf
0.01 ha

Official source

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FPA-12081

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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
1 Feb 2025 – 31 Mar 2025
Felling area
0.47 ha
Estimated volume
120 m³
Proposed restocking
0.47 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Beech Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Hawthorn Oak Rowan

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt 1 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.46 ha 30 yr 200 110 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Beech 0.01 ha 50 yr 18 10 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Oak 49.25% 0.23 ha 1,600
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Birch 24.63% 0.12 ha 1,600
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Rowan 24.63% 0.12 ha 1,600
Cpt 2 Plant an alternative area Hawthor n 1.5% 0.01 ha 2,000 2a
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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 506 597

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 425

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
North Mormond
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and acid metamorphic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Phorp · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Urchany · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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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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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.