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FPA-11917

Pitlivie

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Castle Wood
Nearest town
Muirdrum
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO544377

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 September 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 September 2024
  3. Consultation opens 12 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 10 December 2024
  5. Decision issued 10 January 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
5.23 ha
Broadleaf
5.23 ha

Official source

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FPA-11917

Find FPA-11917 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
11 Nov 2024 – 15 Nov 2027
Felling area
5.23 ha
Estimated volume
2,510.4 m³
Proposed restocking
5.23 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
5a Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 4.34 ha 6,944 2,083.2 m³ n/a
5a Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.89 ha 1,424 427.2 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
5a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 49.52% 2.59 ha 2,500
5b Create Designed Open Ground 31.55% 1.65 ha
5c Replant felled area Sitka spruce 11.47% 0.6 ha 2,500
5d Replant felled area Downy birch 0.92% 0.05 ha 1,600
5d Replant felled area Sessile oak 0.69% 0.04 ha 1,600
5d Replant felled area Rowan 0.34% 0.02 ha 1,600
5d Replant felled area Hazel 0.34% 0.02 ha 2,500
5e Replant felled area Norway spruce 5.16% 0.27 ha 2,500

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 543 377

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 239

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Forfar
Parent material
Water-sorted drifts derived from Lower Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Forfar · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Vinny · 50% Humus-iron 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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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.

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