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FPA-13410

Leanachan Forest

Approved 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.

Register grid reference: NN204791 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Cpt 1 to Cpt 11 & LE7
Nearest town
Fort William
Local authority
Highland Council
Forestry administration
Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NN204791
Total area
224.17 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 14 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 16 April 2026
  4. Consultation closes 14 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 16 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13410

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
19 Apr 2026 – 18 Apr 2027
Felling area
224.17 ha
Estimated volume
112,412.7 m³
Thinning area
48.09 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
224.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 201.3 ha 62 yr 360,610 103,068 m³ —
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 6 ha 62 yr 7,941 1,257 m³ —
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 2.71 ha 62 yr 2,745 1,403 m³ —
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.08 ha 46 yr 129 25.6 m³ —
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.01 ha 18 yr 12 0.1 m³ —
Cpt 1 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 5.01 ha 93 yr 6,133 825 m³ —
Cpt 2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.3 ha 38 yr 4,193 1,887 m³ —
Cpt 2 Clear Felling European larch 0.24 ha 90 yr 92 131 m³ —
Cpt 2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.34 ha 90 yr 44 44.5 m³ —
Cpt 2 Clear Felling Downy birch 0.2 ha 29 yr 150 12 m³ —
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.23 ha 67 yr 2,954 326 m³ —
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Larch 1.06 ha 72 yr 1,434 377 m³ —
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.04 ha 22 yr 82 2 m³ —
Cpt 3 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 0.8 ha 72 yr 1,678 143 m³ —
LE7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.13 ha 14 yr 4,260 415 m³ —
LE7 Clear Felling European larch 0.46 ha 14 yr 920 60 m³ —
LE7 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.04 ha 21 yr 80 10 m³ —
LE7 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 0.22 ha 64 yr 175 20 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before (stems/ha) After (stems/ha)
Cpt 4 Sitka spruce 7.31 ha 595 m³ 2,381 1,786
Cpt 4 Hybrid larch 0.56 ha 46 m³ 46 0
Cpt 5 Sitka spruce 5.96 ha 514 m³ 3,424 2,910
Cpt 5 Sitka spruce 0.06 ha 30 m³ 196 196
Cpt 6 Sitka spruce 5.02 ha 35 m³ 176 141
Cpt 6 Downy birch 0.2 ha 5 m³ 27 22
Cpt 6 Japanese larch 0.43 ha 63 m³ 63 0
Cpt 7 Mixed native broadleaves 0.72 ha 1 m³ 6 5
Cpt 7 Larch 0.18 ha 41 m³ 41 0
Cpt 8 Sitka spruce 9.45 ha 302 m³ 2,522 2,220
Cpt 8 Larch 1.67 ha 316 m³ 316 0
Cpt 9 Sitka spruce 3.67 ha 95 m³ 473 378
Cpt 9 Norway spruce 0.37 ha 5 m³ 22 17
Cpt 10 Sitka spruce 0.48 ha 6 m³ 29 23
Cpt 10 Downy birch 0.18 ha 0.5 m³ 3 2
Cpt 11 Sitka spruce 6.78 ha 218 m³ 872 654
Cpt 11 Norway spruce 1.66 ha 50 m³ 190 140
Cpt 11 Douglas fir 0.83 ha 25 m³ 99 74
Cpt 11 Downy birch 0.83 ha 7 m³ 29 22
Cpt 11 Downy birch 1.73 ha 52 m³ 207 155

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1 I do not intend to restock — 52.59% 117.88 ha — — —
1 Replant felled area Downy birch 23.54% 52.78 ha 1,600 — —
1 Replant felled area Scots pine 7.1% 15.91 ha 1,600 — —
1 Replant felled area Norway spruce 3.07% 6.88 ha 2,500 — —
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 2.21% 4.96 ha 2,500 — —
1 Replant felled area Common alder 1.46% 3.27 ha 1,600 — —
1 Create Designed Open Ground — 5.99% 13.43 ha — — —
2 Replant felled area Downy birch 0.36% 0.8 ha 1,600 — —
2 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.24% 0.54 ha 1,600 — —
2 Create Designed Open Ground — 0.6% 1.34 ha — — —
2 Replant felled area Douglas fir 0.07% 0.16 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area Mixed conifers 0.11% 0.24 ha 2,500 — —
3 I do not intend to restock — 0.12% 0.28 ha — — —
3 Replant felled area Norway spruce 0.51% 1.15 ha 2,500 — —
3 Replant felled area Grand fir 0.38% 0.85 ha 2,500 — —
3 Replant felled area Noble fir 0.38% 0.85 ha 2,500 — —
LE7 Roadline I do not intend to restock — 0.54% 1.22 ha — — —
LE7 Roadline Create Designed Open Ground — 0.73% 1.63 ha — — —

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-11222 Leanachan Forest Location

Fort William

Highland

Status Expired Distance 0 m away Area 224.17 ha Decision issued
FLA00303 Killiechonate Woodlands Location

Spean Bridge

Highland

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 9.54 ha Decision issued
FLA-6146 Achnabobane Farm Location

Spean Bridge

Highland

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10205 Achnabobane Location

Spean Bridge

Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 16.13 ha Key date Not published
FPA-10388 Rigsdon, Achnabobane Location

Spean Bridge

Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.1 km away Area 0.07 ha Key date Not published

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
17FGS16917 Blarour Farm Woodland Location

Highland

Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 5 ha Approved
19FGS41723 Croft 23 Inverroy Location

ROY BRIDGE

Highland

Status Approved Distance 5.3 km away Area 2.09 ha Approved
25FGS85099 Moy Farm WIG Natural Regen Location

Spean Bridge

Highland

Status Approved Distance 6.4 km away Area 48.02 ha Approved
23FGS72113 Moy Farm Native Woodland Location

Gairlochy

Highland

Status Approved Distance 6.4 km away Area 85.04 ha Approved

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

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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