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FPA-11506

Balhall

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Balhall wood
Nearest town
Menmuir
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO514639

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 28 March 2024
  3. Consultation opens 21 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 21 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 23 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
1.72 ha
Conifer
1.13 ha
Broadleaf
0.22 ha

Official source

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FPA-11506

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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
13 Aug 2024 – 1 Jun 2027
Felling area
1.72 ha
Estimated volume
558 m³
Proposed restocking
1.72 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Cmpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.15 ha 35 yr 250 60 m³ tape
Cmpt 1 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.15 ha 35 yr 250 50 m³ tape
Cmpt 1 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.14 ha 35 yr 250 50 m³ tape
Cmpt 1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.14 ha 35 yr 200 40 m³ tape
Cmpt 1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.04 ha 50 yr 10 15 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.23 ha 35 yr 350 75 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.23 ha 35 yr 350 65 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.23 ha 35 yr 350 65 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.23 ha 35 yr 330 65 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Poplar 0.12 ha 35 yr 120 50 m³ tape
Cmpt 2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.06 ha 50 yr 15 23 m³ tape

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Cmpt 1 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 51.72% 0.3 ha 1,600
Cmpt 1 Replant felled area Scots pine 12.07% 0.07 ha 2,500
Cmpt 1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 32.76% 0.19 ha 2,500
Cmpt 1 Create Designed Open Ground 10.34% 0.06 ha
Cmpt 2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 68.18% 0.75 ha 1,600
Cmpt 2 Replant felled area Scots pine 17.27% 0.19 ha 2,500
Cmpt 2 Create Designed Open Ground 14.55% 0.16 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 514 639

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 276

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Gourdie
Parent material
Drifts derived from acid metamorphic rocks and Lower Old Red Sandstone sediments with igneous rocks
Landform
Undulating foothills 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.

  • Strathfinella · 100% Humus-iron 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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