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FPA-11513

Convent Land

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Convent Wood
Nearest town
Fort Augustus
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH375085

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 10 April 2024
  3. Consultation opens 4 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 1 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 5 August 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.08 ha
Conifer
0.02 ha
Broadleaf
0.06 ha

Official source

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FPA-11513

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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
4 Jul 2024 – 4 Jul 2025
Felling area
0.08 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
0.08 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
CW Felling Individual Trees Scots pine 0.01 ha 120 yr 4
CW Felling Individual Trees Beech 0.01 ha 120 yr 6
CW Felling Individual Trees Wych elm 0.01 ha 100 yr 1
CW Felling Individual Trees Lime 0.01 ha 100 yr 3
CW Felling Individual Trees Sessile oak 0.01 ha 100 yr 1 T174
CW Felling Individual Trees Sycamore 0.01 ha 100 yr 1 T175
CW Felling Individual Trees Norway maple 0.01 ha 100 yr 1 T176
CW Felling Individual Trees Scots pine 0.01 ha 100 yr 1 T177

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
CW Restock with individual trees Beech 50% 0.04 ha 8
CW Restock with individual trees Scots pine 25% 0.02 ha 6
CW Restock with individual trees Lime 12.5% 0.01 ha 4
CW Restock with individual trees Oak 12.5% 0.01 ha 3

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

STH20_0070_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0070_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0064_c

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0064_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0064_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.6 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 Tarff

Site 725

Official SiteLink record for Glen Tarff
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 270 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 374 085

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 98

Humus-iron podzols with mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Valley floors with terraces and mounds with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Corby · 70% Humus-iron podzols
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 5% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

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.