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FPA-13110

Meall Mhor

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Tarbert
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NR853738

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 December 2025
  2. Application accepted 18 December 2025
  3. Consultation opens 19 January 2026
  4. Consultation closes 16 February 2026
  5. Decision issued 13 March 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
98.44 ha
Conifer
98.44 ha

Official source

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FPA-13110

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

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    Status when first captured
    Approved

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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 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
Felling area
102.22 ha
Estimated volume
46,040 m³
Proposed restocking
102.22 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
27069 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 6.1 ha 1,981 yr 10,986 2,179 m³
27069 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 9.39 ha 1,981 yr 13,013 4,743 m³
27069 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.04 ha 1,981 yr 63
27069 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.64 ha 1,981 yr 1,184 107 m³
27069 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 1 ha 1,950 yr 886
27069 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.87 ha 1,981 yr 1,603 144 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 5.42 ha 1,961 yr 4,682 4,563 m³
27024 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 1.14 ha 1,961 yr 2,550 434 m³
27024 Clear Felling Spruce 0.07 ha 1,961 yr 129 19 m³
27024 Clear Felling Western hemlock 0.07 ha 1,961 yr 140 42 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.75 ha 1,966 yr 7,073 2,476 m³
27024 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.25 ha 1,961 yr 452 77 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.29 ha 1,961 yr 3,786 2,272 m³
27024 Clear Felling Birch 0.08 ha 1,930 yr 118 18 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sessile oak 0.02 ha 1,870 yr 19 7 m³
27024 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 2.33 ha 1,961 yr 4,571 646 m³
27024 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 1.93 ha 1,966 yr 3,851 539 m³
27024 Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 1,930 yr 11 2 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sessile oak 0 ha 1,870 yr 2 1 m³
27024 Clear Felling Birch 1.99 ha 1,930 yr 3,057 459 m³
27024 Clear Felling Sessile oak 0.5 ha 1,870 yr 486 185 m³
27034 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.15 ha 1,967 yr 14,464 3,094 m³
27034 Clear Felling Birch 0.1 ha 1,960 yr 176 19 m³
27034 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.77 ha 1,966 yr 1,699 289 m³
27034 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.38 ha 1,966 yr 729 102 m³
27034 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 13.6 ha 1,967 yr 28,620 5,605 m³
27420 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 19.97 ha 1,967 yr 31,636 10,809 m³
27420 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 2,010 yr 26
27420 Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 2,010 yr 6
27031 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.49 ha 2,005 yr 8,381 341 m³
27031 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 1.01 ha 2,005 yr 2,209 88 m³
27031 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.61 ha 1,966 yr 1,220 166 m³
27031 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 6.31 ha 1,966 yr 9,357 3,562 m³
27031 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 1.88 ha 1,966 yr 3,268 588 m³
27031 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.77 ha 1,966 yr 1,699 289 m³
27031 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.38 ha 1,966 yr 729 102 m³
27031 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.79 ha 1,966 yr 8,080 1,690 m³
27031 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 1.08 ha 1,966 yr 1,536 383 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
27069A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 61.47% 11.09 ha 2,700
27069B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 23.28% 4.2 ha 2,700
27069B Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 5.76% 1.04 ha 2,700
27069C Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 2.77% 0.5 ha 750
27069C Create Designed Open Ground 6.71% 1.21 ha
27024A Replant felled area Scots pine 14.05% 3.07 ha 750
27024A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 14.05% 3.07 ha 750
27024A Create Designed Open Ground 7.05% 1.54 ha
27024B Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 21.97% 4.8 ha 750
27024B Replant felled area Birch 14.19% 3.1 ha 750
27024B Replant felled area Common alder 10.07% 2.2 ha 750
27024B Create Designed Open Ground 18.63% 4.07 ha
27034A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 7.32% 1.61 ha 750
27034A Create Designed Open Ground 3.14% 0.69 ha
27034B Create Designed Open Ground 2% 0.44 ha
27034C Replant felled area Norway spruce 29.05% 6.39 ha 2,700
27034D Create Designed Open Ground 0.45% 0.1 ha
27034E Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 20.27% 4.46 ha 3,345
27034E Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 20.27% 4.46 ha 3,345
27034E Create Designed Open Ground 17.5% 3.85 ha
27420A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 17.49% 3.5 ha 750
27420A Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 17.49% 3.5 ha 750
27420A Create Designed Open Ground 32.08% 6.42 ha
27420B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 32.93% 6.59 ha 2,700
27031A Replant felled area Scots pine 10.09% 2.05 ha 750
27031A Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 10.09% 2.05 ha 750
27031A Create Designed Open Ground 5.07% 1.03 ha
27031B Create Designed Open Ground 4.43% 0.9 ha
27031C Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 5.02% 1.02 ha 750
27031C Create Designed Open Ground 5.02% 1.02 ha
27031D Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 19.93% 4.05 ha 750
27031D Replant felled area Lodgepole pine 19.93% 4.05 ha 750
27031D Create Designed Open Ground 20.42% 4.15 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

STH23_0582b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 763 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0028_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 994 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0582a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0028_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0030_0035

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 1.5 km 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

Artilligan and Abhainn Srathain Burns

Site 92

Official SiteLink record for Artilligan and Abhainn Srathain Burns
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 259 m away Published area 61.49 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NR 853 738

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 507

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Hill sides with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Hythie · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.

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