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FPA-11984

Craig Liath Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Coille Craige Leithe
Nearest town
Invergarry
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH310001

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 October 2024
  2. Application accepted 23 October 2024
  3. Consultation opens 5 December 2024
  4. Consultation closes 12 January 2025
  5. Decision issued 6 February 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
38.03 ha
Conifer
25.56 ha
Broadleaf
12.04 ha

Official source

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FPA-11984

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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
38.03 ha
Estimated volume
8,624 m³
Proposed restocking
38.03 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Douglas fir 11.1 ha 36 yr 10,808 3,816 m³ n/a
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 9.21 ha 36 yr 9,764 1,978 m³ n/a
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Larch 3.4 ha 36 yr 1,592 1,176 m³ n/a
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.28 ha 93 yr 155 150 m³ n/a
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 10.74 ha 36 yr 22,445 881 m³ n/a
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.47 ha 25 yr 903 41 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 1.02 ha 35 yr 1,276 293 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Norway spruce 0.15 ha 88 yr 141 47 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Scots pine 0.13 ha 94 yr 150 24 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Douglas fir 0.03 ha 35 yr 46 8 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Birch 0.57 ha 36 yr 1,006 56 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.25 ha 124 yr 286 42 m³ n/a
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.16 ha 35 yr 136 59 m³ n/a
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.01 ha 35 yr 11 2 m³ n/a
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 35 yr 20 1 m³ n/a
Cpt 4 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 32 yr 125 50 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 51.8% 19.7 ha 1,600
Cpt 1 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 40.76% 15.5 ha 1,600
Cpt 2 I do not intend to restock 5.65% 2.15 ha
Cpt 3 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 0.29% 0.11 ha 1,600
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.18% 0.07 ha 1,600
Cpt 4 I do not intend to restock 1.31% 0.5 ha
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH18_0043

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1866_1867

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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

South Laggan Fen

Site 1454

Official SiteLink record for South Laggan Fen
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 10.94 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 310 000

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 25

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hummocky valley moraines: often bouldery
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Aberscross · 50% Brown earths
  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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