FPA-13482

Glendoe Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Glendoe Lodge
Nearest town: Fort Augustus
Local authority: Highland Council
Conservancy: Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference: NH400093

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 26 May 2026
Application accepted 25 May 2026
Consultation opens 22 June 2026
Consultation closes 20 July 2026
Decision issued 9 September 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2031

Area

Total area: 1.48 ha
Conifer: 1.48 ha

Official source

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FPA-13482

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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Track changes

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10 Sept 2026, 06:01 BST

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Status changed
10 Sept 2026, 06:01 BST

From

Under Consideration

To

Approved
Status changed
27 Jul 2026, 13:26 BST

From

Open For Comment

To

Under Consideration
First captured
8 Jul 2026, 21:39 BST

Status when first captured

Open For Comment

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: 1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2027
Felling area: 1.48 ha
Estimated volume: 560 m³
Thinning area: 1 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 1.48 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1 ha	65 yr	—	420 m³	n/a
1	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.48 ha	65 yr	—	80 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2	Sitka spruce	0.75 ha	30 m³
2	Hybrid larch	0.25 ha	30 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Restock by natural regeneration	Birch	67.57%	1 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Restock by natural regeneration	Scots pine	32.43%	0.48 ha	1,600	—	—

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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
Easter Ness Forest Site 591 Official SiteLink record for Easter Ness Forest ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 658 m away	Published area 471.24 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Easter Ness Forest

Site 591

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 658 m away

Published area 471.24 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 399 093

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 27

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association: Arkaig
Parent material: Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform: Hill and valley sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Aberscross · 50% Brown earths
Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-11549 Glendoe Estate	Location Fort Augustus Highland	Status Expired	Distance 412 m away	Area 5.38 ha	Decision issued 30 Jul 2024
CB223642 Glendoe Estate	Location Fort Augustus Highland	Status Expired	Distance 447 m away	Area 1.1 ha	Decision issued 31 May 2013
CB40190 Glendoe Estate	Location Fort Augustus Highland	Status Expired	Distance 447 m away	Area 1.1 ha	Decision issued 15 Jun 2012
CB223697 Glendoe Estate	Location Fort Augustus Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 3.09 ha	Decision issued 17 May 2013
FPA-11322 Morag's Lodge	Location Fort Augustus Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 4 Jul 2024