FPA-11618

Fernie Mill Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling
T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Compartments 6 & 7
Nearest town: Cupar
Local authority: Fife Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NO321152
Total area: 3.17 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 20 May 2024
Application accepted 20 May 2024
Consultation opens 6 June 2024
Consultation closes 4 July 2024
Decision issued 1 July 2024
Restocking due 31 March 2029
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11618

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Current Scottish public register · New consultations from 3 November 2026.

Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 20 May 2024 – 1 May 2026
Felling area: 3.17 ha
Estimated volume: 1,193.04 m³
Thinning area: 4.61 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 3.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Scots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
6b	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.17 ha	40 yr	1,380	1,075.58 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
7a	Sitka spruce	0.59 ha	33.04 m³	435	345
7a	Sycamore	2 ha	42 m³	445	341
7b	Mixed broadleaves	0.63 ha	13.23 m³	445	341
7c	Mixed broadleaves	1.39 ha	29.19 m³	445	341

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
6b	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	18%	0.57 ha	2,500	—	—
6b	Replant felled area	Scots pine	82%	2.6 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
CB479021 Fernie Mill Farm	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 249 m away	Area 7 ha	Decision issued 16 Sept 2014
FPA-8433 Fernie Mill Farm	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 610 m away	Area 2.5 ha	Decision issued 17 Feb 2022
FLA02951 Fernie Mill	Location Cupar Fife	Status Approved	Distance 610 m away	Area 7.65 ha	Approved 30 May 2018
FLA01414 Over Rankeilour Farm	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 6.19 ha	Decision issued 8 Aug 2016
FPA-12047 Over Rankeillour Farm	Location Cupar Fife	Status Approved	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 1.97 ha	Approved 23 Apr 2025

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
19FGS39263 D236102118	Location FIFE Fife	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 2.8 ha	Approved 13 Jan 2020
18FGS29078 Carphin Woodland Creation	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 4.1 km away	Area 68.14 ha	Approved 31 Jan 2019
15FGS00335 Aytounhill Woodland Creation	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 2.56 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS33221 Lindores Woodland	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 1.02 ha	Approved 25 Mar 2019
20FGS54003 Lindores Woodland 2020	Location Newburgh Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.9 km away	Area 2.37 ha	Approved 1 Jun 2021

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
9 Sept 2026, 12:10 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:35 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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