FPA-10135

Mellness Forest

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

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: Mellness Forest
Nearest town: Cannich
Local authority: Highland Council
Forestry administration: Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NH379332
Total area: 0.41 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 3 November 2022
Application accepted 2 November 2022
Consultation opens 18 January 2023
Consultation closes 15 February 2023
Decision issued 27 February 2023
Restocking due 30 June 2026
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10135

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 10 Jan 2023 – 31 May 2023
Felling area: 0.41 ha
Estimated volume: 98.4 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Lodgepole pineNorway spruce

Proposed restocking species

Lodgepole pineMixed native broadleavesSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
12a	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.17 ha	53 yr	204	40.8 m³	—
12b	Clear Felling	Lodgepole pine	0.18 ha	53 yr	216	43.2 m³	—
12c	Clear Felling	Lodgepole pine	0.06 ha	53 yr	72	14.4 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
12a	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	46.34%	0.19 ha	2,500	—	—
12b	Replant felled area	Lodgepole pine	26.83%	0.11 ha	2,500	—	—
12b	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	9.76%	0.04 ha	1,600	—	—
12b	Create Designed Open Ground	—	9.76%	0.04 ha	—	—	—
12c	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	7.32%	0.03 ha	2,500	—	-2/3

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

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
FPA-9818 Mellness Forest	Location Cannich Highland	Status Expired	Distance 870 m away	Area 40.9 ha	Decision issued 5 Oct 2022
FPA-10104 Glen Cannich Estate	Location Beauly Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 1.5 ha	Decision issued 3 Feb 2023
FPA-9736 Balmore Wood	Location Beauly Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 32.28 ha	Decision issued 1 Sept 2022
FLA00166 Struy Estate	Location Struy, Strathglass Highland	Status Expired	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 1.02 ha	Decision issued 19 Feb 2015
FPA-13682 Milton of Buntait	Location Glenurquhart Highland	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 0.15 ha	Approved 27 Oct 2026

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
24FGS78799 Towards Net Zero Carbon Woodland	Location Cannich Highland	Status Approved	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 151.91 ha	Approved 8 Jul 2025
22FGS64805 Carn Nam Badam North WC 1	Location Cannich Highland	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 27.4 ha	Approved 22 Aug 2022
22FGS69547 Struy Glassburn NWC	Location Cannich Highland	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 23.14 ha	Approved 8 Mar 2024
21FGS58263 Eagle Brae Riparian Planting	Location Struy Highland	Status Approved	Distance 6.0 km away	Area 8.2 ha	Approved 29 Sept 2021
24FGS78560 Corrimony Farm Site 1	Location Cannich Highland	Status Approved	Distance 7.4 km away	Area 14.15 ha	Approved 14 Aug 2024

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
10 Oct 2026, 13:46 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:58 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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