FPA-12744
Redwells wood
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Nearest town
- Crail
- Local authority
- Fife Council
- Conservancy
- Perth and Argyll Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NO555087
Key dates
- Application registered 24 July 2025
- Application accepted 17 July 2025
- Consultation opens 26 November 2025
- Consultation closes 7 January 2026
- Decision issued 8 January 2026
- Restocking due 30 June 2028
Area
- Total area
- 5.53 ha
- Conifer
- 1.21 ha
- Broadleaf
- 4.32 ha
Official source
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FPA-12744 Find FPA-12744 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.
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.
Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗
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Track changes
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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 Sept 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
- Felling area
- 5.53 ha
- Estimated volume
- 13,505 m³
- Thinning area
- 21.53 ha
- Thinning basis
- Volume to be removed
- Proposed restocking
- 5.53 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5A | Clear Felling | Mixed broadleaves | 4.07 ha | 45 yr | 6,000 | 4,000 m³ | — |
| 5C | Clear Felling | Larch | 0.38 ha | 45 yr | 400 | 200 m³ | — |
| 2B | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.8 ha | 45 yr | 1,400 | 800 m³ | — |
| 2C | Clear Felling | Mixed broadleaves | 0.25 ha | 45 yr | 500 | 300 m³ | — |
| 2D | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.03 ha | 45 yr | 6 | 5 m³ | — |
Thinning operations
Representation: Volume to be removed.
| Site/Cpt | Species | Area | Volume removed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4A | Sitka spruce | 3.18 ha | 1,400 m³ |
| 4B | Sitka spruce | 2.53 ha | 1,000 m³ |
| 4C | Sitka spruce | 0.98 ha | 400 m³ |
| 5B | Sitka spruce | 2.81 ha | 1,200 m³ |
| 6A | Sitka spruce | 7.02 ha | 2,500 m³ |
| 7A | Sitka spruce | 4.22 ha | 1,400 m³ |
| 7C | Sitka spruce | 0.79 ha | 300 m³ |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5A | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 64.01% | 3.54 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 5C | Replant felled area | Norway spruce | 16.46% | 0.91 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 2B | Replant felled area | Sycamore | 19.53% | 1.08 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swinkie Muir Site 1511 Official SiteLink record for Swinkie Muir ↗ | Designation BIOLOGICAL | Proximity 1.9 km away | Published area 22.6 ha | Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL |
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NO 554 086
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Mineral gleys
Map unit 446
Noncalcareous gleys
- Soil association
- Rowanhill
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Rowanhill · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
Nearby records
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Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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