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FPA-11320

Garbole

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Mharcaidh Burn
Nearest town
Tomatin
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH746259

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 February 2024
  2. Application accepted 7 February 2024
  3. Consultation opens 18 April 2024
  4. Consultation closes 16 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 25 June 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
25.49 ha
Conifer
24.74 ha

Official source

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FPA-11320

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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
29 Apr 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Felling area
25.49 ha
Estimated volume
9,100 m³
Proposed restocking
25.49 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
12 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 9.82 ha 65 yr 13,200 5,000 m³
12 Clear Felling Japanese larch 7.96 ha 65 yr 9,500 2,000 m³
12 Clear Felling Scots pine 6.04 ha 65 yr 7,056 1,500 m³
12 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.75 ha 65 yr 600 300 m³
12 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.92 ha 65 yr 650 300 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
12 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 57.75% 14.72 ha 2,500
12 Replant felled area Scots pine 17.69% 4.51 ha 2,500
12 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 13.93% 3.55 ha 1,600
12 Create Designed Open Ground 10.63% 2.71 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 745 258

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 118

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating 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.

  • Charr · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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.