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FPA-11512

Leckiebank Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Leckiebank Farm Woods
Nearest town
Auchtermuchty
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO223122

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 5 April 2023
  3. Consultation opens 3 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 31 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 12 June 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
3.40 ha
Conifer
3.40 ha

Official source

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FPA-11512

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First archived 27 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
    Expired

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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
20 Apr 2024 – 20 Apr 2026
Felling area
3.4 ha
Estimated volume
1,172 m³
Thinning area
0.7 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
3.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1 ha 40 yr 1,500 324 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.4 ha 40 yr 2,100 562 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 40 yr 150 31 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 40 yr 600 137 m³
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 40 yr 750 98 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
A Sitka spruce 0.7 ha 20 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 29.41% 1 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 41.18% 1.4 ha 2,500
3 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 2.94% 0.1 ha 1,600
4 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 11.76% 0.4 ha 1,600
5 Plant an alternative area Mixed native broadleaves 14.71% 0.5 ha 1,600 5a
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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

STH18_2012-13

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 222 121

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 472

Brown earths

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Sourhope · 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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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.