FPA-12026

Sawmill Woodland

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Sawmill Woodland
Nearest town: Inverness
Local authority: Highland Council
Forestry administration: Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NH589443
Total area: 24.27 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 13 November 2024
Application accepted 13 November 2024
Consultation opens 16 December 2024
Consultation closes 13 January 2025
Decision issued 17 February 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2026
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12026

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

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 spruceScots pine

Proposed restocking species

BirchOakRowanScots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
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/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative 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	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA02632 Sawmill Wood	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 367 m away	Area 12.31 ha	Decision issued 7 Dec 2017
FLA02498 Sawmill Wood	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 563 m away	Area 20.94 ha	Decision issued 16 Oct 2017
CB379129 Altnacardich Woodland House	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 890 m away	Area 0.25 ha	Decision issued 11 Apr 2014
FLA02204 Englishton Wood	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 949 m away	Area 45.23 ha	Decision issued 29 Jun 2017
FLA02470 Mam Mor Forest	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 4.96 ha	Decision issued 18 Oct 2017

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
21FGS57323 Mam a Chatha	Location Inverness Highland	Status Under Consideration	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 12.55 ha	Key date Not published
19FGS37963 Reelig Moor Woodland Creation	Location Beauly Highland	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 130.7 ha	Approved 30 Sept 2019
19FGS40663 Seannlios woodland creation	Location INVERNESS Highland	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 1.03 ha	Approved 10 Oct 2019
23FGS70933 Caorann Croft Natural Regeneration	Location Beauly Highland	Status Approved	Distance 5.0 km away	Area 4.83 ha	Approved 14 Jun 2023
17FGS20117 Hughston New Planting Project	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 6.8 km away	Area 24.61 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:51 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 10:01 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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