FPA-13492

Reelick Wood Cottage

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Middle Wood
Nearest town: Inverness
Local authority: Highland Council
Conservancy: Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference: NH568422

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 29 May 2026
Application accepted 1 June 2026
Consultation opens 14 July 2026
Consultation closes 11 August 2026
Decision issued 31 August 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area: 2.80 ha
Conifer: 2.80 ha

Official source

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FPA-13492

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First archived 18 July 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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Track changes

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9 Sept 2026, 06:03 BST

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Status changed
29 Aug 2026, 06:00 BST

From

Under Consideration

To

Approved
Status changed
12 Aug 2026, 06:00 BST

From

Open For Comment

To

Under Consideration
First captured
18 Jul 2026, 06:08 BST

Status when first captured

Open For Comment

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 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2031
Felling area: 2.8 ha
Estimated volume: 1,450 m³
Thinning area: 18 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 2.8 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Douglas fir Mixed conifers Mixed native broadleaves Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
F1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.75 ha	50 yr	—	300 m³	—
F2	Selective Felling	Larch	1 ha	50 yr	—	100 m³	—
F3	Selective Felling	Larch	0.25 ha	50 yr	—	35 m³	—
F4	Selective Felling	Larch	0.5 ha	50 yr	—	100 m³	—
F5	Clear Felling	Larch	0.2 ha	50 yr	—	40 m³	—
F6	Clear Felling	Larch	0.1 ha	50 yr	—	25 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
T1	Sitka spruce	7 ha	350 m³
T2	Sitka spruce	9 ha	450 m³
T3	Sitka spruce	2 ha	50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
F1	Replant felled area	Douglas fir	26.79%	0.75 ha	2,500	—	—
F2	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed conifers	35.71%	1 ha	2,500	—	—
F3	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	8.93%	0.25 ha	1,600	—	—
F4	Restock by natural regeneration	Scots pine	17.86%	0.5 ha	2,500	—	—
F5	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed conifers	7.14%	0.2 ha	2,500	—	—
F6	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed conifers	3.57%	0.1 ha	2,500	—	—

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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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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
Moniack Gorge Site 1182 Official SiteLink record for Moniack Gorge ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 772 m away	Published area 119.36 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Moniack Gorge

Site 1182

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 772 m away

Published area 119.36 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 567 421

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 425

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association: North Mormond
Parent material: Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and acid metamorphic rocks
Landform: Undulating lowlands and foothills with strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Phorp · 50% Humus-iron podzols
Urchany · 50% Humus-iron podzols

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA01973 Reelick Wood	Location Kirkhill Highland	Status Expired	Distance 361 m away	Area 1.1 ha	Decision issued 22 Mar 2017
FLA-6333 Mam Mor Forest	Location Inverness Highland	Status Expired	Distance 633 m away	Area 8.41 ha	Decision issued 17 Jul 2019
FLA01160 Mam Mor Forest	Location Beauly Highland	Status Expired	Distance 949 m away	Area 17.8 ha	Decision issued 14 Apr 2016
FLA01722 Darroch's Wood	Location Newtonhill, Lentran Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 1.4 ha	Decision issued 14 Dec 2016
FLA00559 Newtonhill Woodlands	Location Newtonhill Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 48.3 ha	Decision issued 7 Aug 2015