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FPA-13141

EVANTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
EVANTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE - POPLARS
Nearest town
EVANTON
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH623673

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 January 2026
  2. Application accepted 5 January 2026
  3. Consultation opens 4 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 4 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 9 March 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.06 ha
Broadleaf
0.06 ha

Official source

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FPA-13141

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
5 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area
0.06 ha
Estimated volume
41 m³
Proposed restocking
0.06 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Poplar

Proposed restocking species

Blackthorn Crab apple Hawthorn Other

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
A Felling Individual Trees Poplar 0.06 ha 40 yr 70 41 m³ All Trees

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
A Restock with individual trees Hawthor n 70% 0.04 ha 630
A Restock with individual trees Blackthor n 10% 0.01 ha 90
A Restock with individual trees Crab apple 10% 0.01 ha 90
A Restock with individual trees Other 10% 0.01 ha 90

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

Cromarty Firth

Site 467

Official SiteLink record for Cromarty Firth
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 500 m away Published area 3,146.4 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 622 672

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 97

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with mounds and terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Boyndie · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Corby · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F1 Excellent 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.