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FPA-11343

Balnakilly Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Balnakilly Farm Woods
Nearest town
Kirkmichael
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO072603

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 February 2024
  2. Application accepted 6 February 2024
  3. Consultation opens 10 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 9 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 13 May 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
7.42 ha
Conifer
5.57 ha

Official source

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FPA-11343

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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 Apr 2024 – 1 Apr 2026
Felling area
7.42 ha
Estimated volume
3,740 m³
Proposed restocking
7.42 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.04 ha 45 yr 1,242 683 m³
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.04 ha 45 yr 1,408 611 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.64 ha 45 yr 768 422 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.85 ha 35 yr 3,201 683 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.42 ha 50 yr 5,950 224 m³
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.42 ha 50 yr 651 204 m³
4 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.84 ha 50 yr 1,233 289 m³
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.39 ha 45 yr 463 255 m³
6 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.39 ha 45 yr 525 228 m³
6 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.39 ha 45 yr 534 141 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
All Replant felled area Scots pine 9.97% 0.74 ha 1,600
All Replant felled area Downy birch 14.96% 1.11 ha 1,100
All Replant felled area Silver birch 35.18% 2.61 ha 1,100
All Replant felled area Oak 9.97% 0.74 ha 1,100
All Replant felled area Rowan 9.97% 0.74 ha 1,100
All Replant felled area Aspen 9.97% 0.74 ha 1,100
All Create Designed Open Ground 9.97% 0.74 ha
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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_1366_m

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 447 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1366_l

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 469 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1366_q

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 469 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1366_1745_c

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 503 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1366_1745_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 549 m 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Forest of Clunie

Site 1709

Official SiteLink record for Forest of Clunie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 19,478.3 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 071 603

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 503

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Hummocky valley moraines
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Strichen · 85% Humus-iron podzols
  • Hythie · 15% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.