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FPA-13272

Mount Farm Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Stirling
Local authority
Stirling Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS577857

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 22 February 2026
  3. Consultation opens 1 April 2026
  4. Consultation closes 29 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 14 May 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 March 2030

Area

Total area
2.87 ha
Conifer
2.87 ha

Official source

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FPA-13272

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 29 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 Mar 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area
2.87 ha
Estimated volume
916 m³
Proposed restocking
2.87 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Oak Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.55 ha 35 yr 3,875 487 m³ n/a
Cpt 2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.56 ha 35 yr 1,400 182 m³ n/a
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.76 ha 35 yr 1,900 247 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65% 1.01 ha 2,500
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Scots pine 20% 0.31 ha 2,500
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Oak 7.5% 0.12 ha 1,600
Cpt 1 Replant felled area Birch 7.5% 0.12 ha 1,600
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65% 0.36 ha 2,500
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Scots pine 20% 0.11 ha 2,500
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Oak 7.5% 0.04 ha 1,600
Cpt 2 Replant felled area Birch 7.5% 0.04 ha 1,600
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 65% 0.49 ha 2,500
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Scots pine 20% 0.15 ha 2,500
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Oak 7.5% 0.06 ha 1,600
Cpt 3 Replant felled area Birch 7.5% 0.06 ha 1,600
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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

Balglass Corries

Site 122

Official SiteLink record for Balglass Corries
Designation MIXED Proximity 275 m away Published area 269.1 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 576 856

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 470

Humic gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Sorn
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
Landform
Undulating lowlands and uplands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Auchmannoch · 50% Humic gleys
  • Weitshaw · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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.