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FPA-13238

Killiechonate Woodland

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Killiechonate Woodland
Nearest town
Spean Bridge
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN249796

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 12 February 2026
  3. Consultation opens 17 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 14 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 21 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.57 ha
Conifer
0.57 ha

Official source

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FPA-13238

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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
4 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
0.57 ha
Estimated volume
315 m³
Proposed restocking
0.57 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
206 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.33 ha 60 yr 350 200 m³ South Boundary marked paint
206 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.19 ha 60 yr 190 90 m³ South Boundary marked paint
206 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.05 ha 60 yr 50 25 m³ South Boundary marked paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
206 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 54.39% 0.31 ha 2,500
206 Replant felled area Norway spruce 29.82% 0.17 ha 2,500
206 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5.26% 0.03 ha 1,500
206 Create Designed Open Ground 10.53% 0.06 ha
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Protected places

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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Parallel Roads of Lochaber

Site 1272

Official SiteLink record for Parallel Roads of Lochaber
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 407 m away Published area 14,492.03 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 248 795

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 101

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Mounds with ridges and terraces with gentle to steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarbothill · 100% 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.