FPA-10866

Middle Feddal

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Middle Feddal
Nearest town: Braco
Local authority: Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy: Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference: NN823089

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Key dates

Application registered 11 July 2023
Application accepted 3 July 2023
Consultation opens 21 January 2025
Consultation closes 21 January 2025
Decision issued 21 January 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 1.39 ha
Conifer: 0.89 ha

Official source

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FPA-10866

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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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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: 8 Jun 2024 – 1 Sept 2024
Felling area: 1.39 ha
Estimated volume: 752 m³
Thinning area: 5.72 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 1.39 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Norway spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Rowan Sessile oak Silver birch Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt 2a	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.5 ha	80 yr	59	322 m³	n/a
Cpt 2b	Selective Felling	Larch	0.52 ha	60 yr	78	223 m³	n/a
Cpt 2c	Selective Felling	Larch	0.24 ha	60 yr	36	103 m³	n/a
Cpt 3a	Selective Felling	Larch	0.13 ha	60 yr	19	54 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
Cpt 1a	Sycamore	5.72 ha	50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 2a	Restock by natural regeneration	Sycamor e	35.97%	0.5 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2b	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	14.96%	0.21 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2b	Replant felled area	Silver birch	11.22%	0.16 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2b	Replant felled area	Birch	7.48%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2b	Replant felled area	Rowan	3.74%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2c	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	6.91%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2c	Replant felled area	Silver birch	5.18%	0.07 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2c	Replant felled area	Birch	3.45%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 2c	Replant felled area	Rowan	1.73%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 3a	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	3.74%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 3a	Replant felled area	Silver birch	2.81%	0.04 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 3a	Replant felled area	Birch	1.87%	0.03 ha	1,600	—	—
Cpt 3a	Replant felled area	Rowan	0.94%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 823 089

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

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Balrownie · 100% Brown earths

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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good flexibility for trees

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