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FPA-12026

Sawmill Woodland

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Sawmill Woodland
Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH589443

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 November 2024
  2. Application accepted 13 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 16 December 2024
  4. Consultation closes 13 January 2025
  5. Decision issued 17 February 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026

Area

Total area
24.27 ha
Conifer
19.54 ha

Official source

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FPA-12026

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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
16 Dec 2024 – 1 Jan 2026
Felling area
24.27 ha
Estimated volume
5,385 m³
Proposed restocking
24.27 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Birch Oak Rowan Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 19.54 ha 60 yr 9,415 3,800 m³
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 4.73 ha 60 yr 2,365 1,585 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1b3 Replant felled area Scots pine 89.82% 21.8 ha 2,500
1b3 Replant felled area Birch 1.85% 0.45 ha 2,500
1b3 Replant felled area Oak 1.85% 0.45 ha 1,100
1b3 Replant felled area Rowan 1.85% 0.45 ha 1,100
1b3 Create Designed Open Ground Rowan 4.61% 1.12 ha 1,100
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Protected places

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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

Beauly Firth

Site 159

Official SiteLink record for Beauly Firth
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 1,240.33 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 589 442

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 28

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Kildonan · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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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Nearby records

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Status Expired Distance 922 m away Area 20.94 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 0.25 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 0.12 ha Decision issued

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

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Under Consideration Distance 3.5 km away Area 12.55 ha Key date Not published
19FGS37963 Reelig Moor Woodland Creation Location

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Status Approved Distance 4.1 km away Area 130.7 ha Approved
19FGS40663 Seannlios woodland creation Location

INVERNESS

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Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 1.03 ha Approved
23FGS70933 Caorann Croft Natural Regeneration Location

Beauly

Highland

Status Approved Distance 5.3 km away Area 4.83 ha Approved
17FGS20117 Hughston New Planting Project Location

Highland

Status Approved Distance 6.7 km away Area 24.61 ha Approved

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