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FPA-13326

Flichity Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Square Wood
Nearest town
Flichity/Farr
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH670283

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 11 March 2026
  2. Application accepted 11 March 2026
  3. Consultation opens 21 April 2026
  4. Consultation closes 21 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 9 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
13.66 ha
Conifer
13.66 ha

Official source

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FPA-13326

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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
11 Mar 2026 – 1 Apr 2029
Felling area
13.66 ha
Estimated volume
3,700 m³
Proposed restocking
13.66 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
5 Clear Felling Scots pine 4.62 ha 60 yr 2,800 1,200 m³
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.15 ha 60 yr 700 1,000 m³
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 3.15 ha 60 yr 2,000 800 m³
3 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 2.74 ha 60 yr 1,400 700 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 37.41% 5.11 ha 2,800
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 8.71% 1.19 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 8.05% 1.1 ha 2,800
5 Replant felled Scots pine area 33.82% 4.62 ha 3,200
3 Replant felled Scots pine area 12.01% 1.64 ha 2,800
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Protected places

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 669 282

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 23

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and uplands 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.

  • Badanloch · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Kildonan · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.