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FPA-11740

Glencruitten Quarry

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Oban
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM871285

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 1 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 17 September 2024
  4. Consultation closes 17 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 24 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 31 July 2028

Area

Total area
40.95 ha
Conifer
40.95 ha

Official source

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FPA-11740

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

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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
31 Jul 2024 – 31 Jul 2026
Felling area
40.95 ha
Estimated volume
13,274.6 m³
Proposed restocking
40.95 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.78 ha 35 yr 2,500 116.55 m³
1c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 14.86 ha 35 yr 2,500 5,201.18 m³
1d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.36 ha 35 yr 2,500 826.11 m³
1e Clear Felling Larch 0.11 ha 35 yr 2,500 19.06 m³
1f Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.7 ha 35 yr 2,500 244.39 m³
1f Clear Felling Larch 0.3 ha 35 yr 2,500 52.37 m³
1g Clear Felling Larch 0.1 ha 35 yr 2,500 16.92 m³
1h Clear Felling Larch 0.77 ha 35 yr 2,500 134.63 m³
2a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 35 yr 2,500 140.88 m³
2a Clear Felling Larch 0.17 ha 35 yr 2,500 30.19 m³
2b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.94 ha 35 yr 2,500 50 m³
2c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.87 ha 35 yr 2,500 655.34 m³
2d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 9.01 ha 35 yr 2,500 3,154.03 m³
2e Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.62 ha 35 yr 2,500 1,267.35 m³
2f Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.58 ha 35 yr 2,500 904.54 m³
2g Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.24 ha 35 yr 2,500 84.6 m³
2i Clear Felling Larch 0.81 ha 35 yr 2,500 142.5 m³
2j Clear Felling Larch 0.85 ha 35 yr 2,500 149.5 m³
2k Clear Felling Larch 0.48 ha 35 yr 2,500 84.46 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1b Create Designed Open Ground 1.28% 0.01 ha
1b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 69.23% 0.54 ha 2,500
1b Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 29.49% 0.23 ha 2,500
1e Create Designed Open Ground 78.42% 0.09 ha
1e Replant felled area Sitka spruce 21.58% 0.02 ha 2,500
1f Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 3.65% 0.04 ha 1,600
1f Create Designed Open Ground 33.96% 0.34 ha
1f Replant felled area Sitka spruce 62.39% 0.62 ha 2,500
1g Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.1 ha 2,500
1h Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.77 ha 2,500
2a Replant felled area Norway spruce 36.31% 0.21 ha 2,500
2a Create Designed Open Ground 14.77% 0.08 ha
2a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 48.92% 0.28 ha 2,500
2c Create Designed Open Ground 9.55% 0.18 ha
2c Replant felled area Sitka spruce 90.45% 1.69 ha 2,500
2d Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.4% 0.13 ha 1,600
2d Create Designed Open Ground 12.17% 1.1 ha
2d Replant felled area Sitka spruce 86.43% 7.79 ha 2,500
2f Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 10.49% 0.27 ha 1,600
2f Replant felled area Norway spruce 66.39% 1.71 ha 2,500
2f Create Designed Open Ground 23.12% 0.6 ha
2g Create Designed Open Ground 14.65% 0.04 ha
2g Replant felled area Sitka spruce 85.35% 0.2 ha 2,500
2i Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.81 ha 2,500
2j Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.85 ha 2,500
2k Replant felled area Norway spruce 17.61% 0.08 ha 2,500
2k Create Designed Open Ground 1.37% 0.01 ha
2k Replant felled area Sitka spruce 81.02% 0.39 ha 2,500
1c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 3.1% 0.46 ha 1,600
1c Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.29% 1.38 ha 2,500
1c Create Designed Open Ground 9.49% 1.41 ha
1c Replant felled area Scots pine 0.54% 0.08 ha 2,500
1c Replant felled area Sitka spruce 75.24% 11.18 ha 2,500
1c Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 2.36% 0.35 ha 2,500
1d Replant felled area Mixed conifers 12.95% 0.31 ha 1,600
1d Create Designed Open Ground 4.27% 0.1 ha
1d Replant felled area Sitka spruce 82.5% 1.95 ha 2,500
1d Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 0.28% 0.01 ha 2,500
2b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70.69% 0.66 ha 2,500
2b Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 29.31% 0.28 ha 2,500
2e Replant felled area Sitka spruce 98.34% 3.56 ha 2,500
2e Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 1.66% 0.06 ha 2,500
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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

STH21_0021

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 1.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0248-0249a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0248b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0251_0847

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH21_0784-0785

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 2.5 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NM 871 285

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 480

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Terraced hills 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.

  • Edgerston · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Cowie · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.