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FPA-11448

Jahama Highland Estates

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Melgarve
Nearest town
Laggan
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN479964

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 March 2024
  2. Application accepted 20 March 2024
  3. Consultation opens 1 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 29 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 3 July 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
31.12 ha
Conifer
31.12 ha

Official source

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FPA-11448

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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
1 Jun 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
Felling area
31.12 ha
Estimated volume
18,250 m³
Proposed restocking
31.12 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
363 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 6.95 ha 58 yr 16,075 7,800 m³
363 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 5.01 ha 58 yr 13,191 2,000 m³
363 Clear Felling Japanese larch 1.84 ha 58 yr 2,928 1,800 m³
360 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.8 ha 58 yr 1,757 850 m³
360 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 15.31 ha 58 yr 36,809 5,500 m³
360 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.97 ha 58 yr 1,047 150 m³
360 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.24 ha 58 yr 384 150 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
363 Replant felled area Scots pine 13.75% 4.28 ha 3,100
363 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 10.19% 3.17 ha 2,500
363 Replant felled area Norway spruce 10.19% 3.17 ha 2,500
363 Replant felled area Silver birch 7.55% 2.35 ha 1,600
363 Replant felled area Rowan 0.9% 0.28 ha 1,600
363 Replant felled area Common alder 0.9% 0.28 ha 1,600
363 Replant felled area Aspen 0.9% 0.28 ha 1,600
360 Replant felled area Scots pine 23.94% 7.45 ha 3,100
360 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 8.93% 2.78 ha 2,500
360 Replant felled area Norway spruce 8.93% 2.78 ha 2,500
360 Replant felled area Silver birch 9.7% 3.02 ha 1,600
360 Replant felled area Rowan 1.38% 0.43 ha 1,600
360 Replant felled area Common alder 1.38% 0.43 ha 1,600
360 Replant felled area Aspen 1.35% 0.42 ha 1,600
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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

River Spey

Site 1699

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Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 759 m away Published area 1,959.91 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 478 963

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 31

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys with peaty rankers

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hill sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Kildonan · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Tombain · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Arkaig · 30% Peaty rankers
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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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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