FPA-11476

Gardener’s Cottage Woods

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town: Balquhidder
Local authority: Stirling Council
Conservancy: Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference: NN523202

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 27 March 2024
Application accepted 14 March 2024
Consultation opens 12 August 2024
Consultation closes 9 September 2024
Decision issued 4 October 2024
Restocking due 31 March 2032

Area

Total area: 0.88 ha
Conifer: 0.44 ha

Official source

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FPA-11476

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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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9 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST

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9 Jul 2026, 10:05 BST

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: 1 May 2024 – 1 May 2026
Felling area: 0.88 ha
Estimated volume: 550 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.88 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Norway spruce Western red cedar

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1a,b,c	Selective Felling	Norway spruce	0.44 ha	55 yr	532	300 m³	Paint
1a,b,c	Selective Felling	Western red cedar	0.37 ha	55 yr	310	200 m³	Paint
1a,b,c	Selective Felling	Mixed conifers	0.07 ha	55 yr	85	50 m³	Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1 a,b,c	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed broadleaves	100%	0.88 ha	1,600	—	—

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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
STH22_1261 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Closed	Proximity 2.5 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published

Notice / host species

Status

Proximity

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

STH22_1261

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Closed

Proximity 2.5 km away

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

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
Stronvar Marshes Site 1502 Official SiteLink record for Stronvar Marshes ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 622 m away	Published area 13.43 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Stronvar Marshes

Site 1502

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 622 m away

Published area 13.43 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 523 201

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 503

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association: Strichen
Parent material: Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform: Hummocky valley moraines

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Strichen · 85% Humus-iron podzols
Hythie · 15% Peaty gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees