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FPA-12960

Glenvarragill

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Glenvarragill Wood
Nearest town
Portree
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG483394

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 27 October 2025
  2. Application accepted 17 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 9 December 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 January 2026
  5. Decision issued 16 February 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
23.20 ha
Conifer
23.20 ha

Official source

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FPA-12960

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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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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    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 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030
Felling area
23.2 ha
Estimated volume
4,420 m³
Proposed restocking
23.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
A Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 9.95 ha 55 yr 17,000 1,800 m³ All Trees
A Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.85 ha 55 yr 1,500 150 m³ All Trees
B Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 7.45 ha 55 yr 13,000 1,350 m³ All Trees
B Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.7 ha 55 yr 1,200 120 m³ All Trees
B Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.65 ha 55 yr 1,150 110 m³ All Trees
C Clear Felling Hybrid larch 2.1 ha 55 yr 3,500 600 m³ All Trees
C Clear Felling Scots pine 0.8 ha 55 yr 1,400 150 m³ All Trees
C Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.7 ha 55 yr 1,200 140 m³ All Trees

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Compt A Replant felled Sitka spruce area 65% 7.02 ha 2,500
Compt A Replant felled Scots pine area 25% 2.7 ha 2,500
Compt A Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 10% 1.08 ha 1,600
Compt A Replant felled Sitka spruce area 65% 5.72 ha 2,500
Compt A Replant felled Scots pine area 25% 2.2 ha 2,500
Compt A Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 10% 0.88 ha 1,600
Compt C Replant felled Sitka spruce area 65% 2.34 ha 2,500
Compt C Replant felled Scots pine area 25% 0.9 ha 2,500
Compt C Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 10% 0.36 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NG 483 394

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 160

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Terraced hills with gentle and strong slopes: slightly to moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Airigh · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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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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.