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FPA-13585

Milton Farm LLP

Under Consideration Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Kilmacolm
Local authority
Inverclyde Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS354684

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 July 2026
  2. Application accepted 9 July 2026
  3. Consultation opens 20 July 2026
  4. Consultation closes 19 July 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
5.30 ha
Conifer
4.50 ha
Broadleaf
0.80 ha

Official source

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FPA-13585

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 18 September 2026.

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Track changes

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  2. Status changed

    From
    Open For Comment
    To
    Under Consideration
  3. First captured

    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
31 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2027
Felling area
5.3 ha
Estimated volume
1,360 m³
Proposed restocking
5.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 4 ha 40 yr 3,300 990 m³
1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.7 ha 40 yr 300 200 m³
2 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.5 ha 50 yr 450 140 m³
2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 50 yr 100 30 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 66.04% 3.5 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 22.64% 1.2 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 8.49% 0.45 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Scots pine 2.83% 0.15 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

STH22_0584_b Lawpark 2 (B)

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 524 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0583

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 788 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0584_c Lawpark 2 [C]

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 870 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0954_B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0572 Gibblaston

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Glen Moss

Site 715

Official SiteLink record for Glen Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 19.44 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 354 683

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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.