FPA-11408

Montquhanie Estate

Expired 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Various (numbered on map)
Nearest town: Cupar, Fife
Local authority: Fife Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NO347214
Total area: 22.70 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 8 March 2024
Application accepted 29 February 2024
Consultation opens 11 March 2024
Consultation closes 8 April 2024
Decision issued 17 April 2024
Restocking due 31 March 2028
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11408

Find this record on the official register

Current Scottish public register · New consultations from 3 November 2026.

Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 11 Apr 2024 – 11 Apr 2026
Felling area: 22.7 ha
Estimated volume: 8,504 m³
Thinning area: 5.98 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 22.7 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Douglas firHybrid larchMixed broadleavesMixed conifersNorway spruceScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Douglas firMixed native broadleavesNorway spruceScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1g	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.31 ha	54 yr	310	95 m³	n/a
1i	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	2.16 ha	54 yr	2,160	660 m³	n/a
1r	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.25 ha	54 yr	250	76 m³	n/a
1d1	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.61 ha	54 yr	610	186 m³	n/a
1e1	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.5 ha	54 yr	500	153 m³	n/a
1c1	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.47 ha	54 yr	470	144 m³	n/a
3a	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	1.43 ha	54 yr	1,430	397 m³	n/a
3a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.43 ha	54 yr	1,430	437 m³	n/a
3a	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	1.43 ha	54 yr	1,430	437 m³	n/a
4o	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.88 ha	54 yr	880	269 m³	n/a
4g1	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.11 ha	54 yr	110	31 m³	n/a
7b	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	1.49 ha	54 yr	1,500	455 m³	n/a
7d	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.6 ha	54 yr	600	183 m³	n/a
7d	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.21 ha	54 yr	210	58 m³	n/a
10a	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.67 ha	54 yr	670	205 m³	n/a
11a	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	1.85 ha	54 yr	1,850	514 m³	n/a
11a	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	1.85 ha	54 yr	1,850	514 m³	n/a
12a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.64 ha	54 yr	1,640	501 m³	n/a
12b	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.5 ha	54 yr	520	159 m³	n/a
12d	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.65 ha	54 yr	650	181 m³	n/a
12d	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.65 ha	54 yr	650	180 m³	n/a
12m	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.03 ha	54 yr	25	7 m³	n/a
12m	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.03 ha	54 yr	25	7 m³	n/a
12n	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.19 ha	54 yr	190	53 m³	n/a
12n	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.19 ha	54 yr	190	53 m³	n/a
13a	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	1.77 ha	54 yr	1,770	492 m³	n/a
13b	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.14 ha	54 yr	140	39 m³	n/a
13d	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.12 ha	54 yr	120	33 m³	n/a
13g	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.55 ha	54 yr	550	153 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
1c	Sitka spruce	1.7 ha	525 m³	54	46
1f	Mixed conifers	0.13 ha	40 m³	4	4
1h	Hybrid larch	2.24 ha	684 m³	70	60
1t	Hybrid larch	1.84 ha	562 m³	58	49
1z	Mixed conifers	0.07 ha	21 m³	2	2

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1g	Replant felled area	Scots pine	1.37%	0.31 ha	2,500	—	—
1i	Replant felled area	Scots pine	9.52%	2.16 ha	2,500	—	—
1c1	Create Designed Open Ground	—	2.07%	0.47 ha	—	—	—
1e1/1d1/1r	Replant felled area	Scots pine	5.99%	1.36 ha	2,500	—	—
3a	Replant felled area	Douglas fir	13.22%	3 ha	2,500	—	—
3a	Replant felled area	Douglas fir	4.05%	0.92 ha	2,500	—	—
3a	Create Designed Open Ground	—	1.67%	0.38 ha	—	—	—
4o	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	3.88%	0.88 ha	1,600	—	—
4g1	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	0.44%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	—
7b/d	Replant felled area	Scots pine	7.31%	1.66 ha	2,500	—	—
7b/d	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	2.56%	0.58 ha	1,600	—	—
7b/d	Create Designed Open Ground	—	0.26%	0.06 ha	—	—	—
10a	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	2.95%	0.67 ha	2,500	—	—
11a	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	16.3%	3.7 ha	1,600	—	—
12a/b/d/n	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	16.12%	3.66 ha	2,500	—	—
12m	Create Designed Open Ground	Mixed native broadleaves	0.18%	0.04 ha	1,600	—	—
12a/b/d/n	Create Designed Open Ground	Mixed native broadleaves	0.75%	0.17 ha	1,600	—	—
13a/d	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	8.33%	1.89 ha	1,600	—	—
13b	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	0.62%	0.14 ha	1,600	—	—
13g	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	2.42%	0.55 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

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Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA03210 Dumnod	Location Gauldry Fife	Status Expired	Distance 276 m away	Area 9.61 ha	Decision issued 30 Aug 2018
FLA00167 Test doc upload	Location Beauly Fife	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 1 ha	Key date Not published
FLA01910 Balhelvie Farm	Location Newburgh Fife	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 4.54 ha	Decision issued 3 May 2017
CB305629 Balhelvie Farm	Location Newburgh Fife	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 4.54 ha	Decision issued 4 Dec 2013
CB62463 Birkhill	Location Balmerino Fife	Status Expired	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 3.4 ha	Decision issued 28 Jun 2012

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
21FGS58483 Birkhill Estate Thornton Woodland Creation	Location Newport-on-Tay Fife	Status Approved	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 20.17 ha	Approved 16 Sept 2021
18FGS29078 Carphin Woodland Creation	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 68.14 ha	Approved 31 Jan 2019
19FGS39263 D236102118	Location FIFE Fife	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 2.8 ha	Approved 13 Jan 2020
15FGS00335 Aytounhill Woodland Creation	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 5.2 km away	Area 2.56 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS33221 Lindores Woodland	Location Fife	Status Approved	Distance 8.3 km away	Area 1.02 ha	Approved 25 Mar 2019

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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StandingWire added data from the PDF
11 Sept 2026, 10:34 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:38 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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