← All felling applications

FPA-11690

Strathconon Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Lochside, Strathconon Wood
Nearest town
Strathconon
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH345554

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 13 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 1 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 29 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 7 August 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
6.70 ha
Conifer
6.40 ha

Official source

Copy this reference, then paste it into Case Reference on Scottish Forestry's register.

FPA-11690

Find FPA-11690 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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.

    View data added from the PDF →
  2. First captured

    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 Aug 2024 – 1 Apr 2026
Felling area
6.7 ha
Estimated volume
8,079 m³
Proposed restocking
6.7 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2 Clear Felling Douglas fir 1.9 ha 74 yr 2,850 1,748 m³ TAPE
2 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.9 ha 74 yr 1,350 828 m³ TAPE
3 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.2 ha 74 yr 300 184 m³ TAPE
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 74 yr 300 613 m³ TAPE
4 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.6 ha 74 yr 900 552 m³ TAPE
5 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.3 ha 74 yr 450 276 m³ TAPE
5 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.46 ha 74 yr 690 425 m³ TAPE
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.3 ha 74 yr 450 276 m³ TAPE
5 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.92 ha 74 yr 1,380 846 m³ TAPE
5 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.23 ha 74 yr 345 215 m³ TAPE
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.69 ha 74 yr 1,035 2,116 m³ TAPE

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 61.4% 2.8 ha 1,600
3 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 4.39% 0.2 ha 1,600
4 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 24.12% 1.1 ha 1,600
5 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 57.02% 2.6 ha 1,600
Early access

Indicative conifer market context

Indicative conifer standing-timber benchmark

Available to users with early access.

Explore this application's conifer crop benchmark, fifteen years of price history and the assumptions behind the figures.

Request early access

Illustrative preview · Early access feature

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 344 554

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 28

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Kildonan · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

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.

Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-11704 Strathconon Estate Location

Strathconon

Highland

Status Approved Distance 0 m away Area 4.4 ha Approved
FLA03238 Scatwell Estate Location

Scatwell

Highland

Status Expired Distance 4.4 km away Area 6.17 ha Decision issued
FPA-10794 Strathconon Estate Location

Strathconon

Highland

Status Expired Distance 4.5 km away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-7905 Strathconon Estate Location

Strathconon

Highland

Status Expired Distance 4.5 km away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
FLA-5994 Mossford Location

Loch Luichart

Highland

Status Expired Distance 7.8 km away Area 0.16 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

Nearby records

Nearby woodland creation applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
22FGS66865 Leathad Ruadh Woodland Creation Location

Strathpeffer

Highland

Status Approved Distance 1.2 km away Area 38.98 ha Approved
20FGS54125 Coire Buidhe and Creag a Chaorainn Location

Dingwall

Highland

Status Approved Distance 2.1 km away Area 92.07 ha Approved
22FGS65406 Glen Marksie East Location

Little Scatwell

Highland

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 51.93 ha Approved
16FGS11898 Glenmarksie Riparian Link Wood Location

Highland

Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 21.5 ha Approved
25FGS90459 Dalnacroich Woodland Creation Location

Milton

Highland

Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 273.36 ha Key date Not published

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.