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FPA-12767

South Loch Ness

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Various
Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH560293

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 1 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 24 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 6 January 2026
  5. Decision issued 10 March 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
25.80 ha
Conifer
24.20 ha
Broadleaf
1.60 ha

Official source

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FPA-12767

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

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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 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2027
Felling area
35.3 ha
Estimated volume
19,215 m³
Proposed restocking
35.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
03517 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 18.8 ha 55 yr 22,500 13,000 m³ Tape
03517 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 5.4 ha 55 yr 900 240 m³ Tape
03517 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 1.6 ha 55 yr 1,800 310 m³ Tape
03351 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 8.7 ha 75 yr 9,800 5,500 m³ Tape
03351 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.8 ha 75 yr 960 165 m³ Tape

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
03351 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 25.24% 7.6 ha 1,600
03351 Create Designed Open Ground 6.31% 1.9 ha
03517 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 74.39% 22.4 ha 2,500
03517 Replant felled area Birch 11.29% 3.4 ha 2,500
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 560 292

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

National soil map of Scotland

Immature soils

Map unit 286

Peaty rankers with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Hatton
Parent material
Drifts derived from Middle and Lower Old Red Sandstone conglomerates
Landform
Hills with strong to very steep slopes: very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Glas-choire · 70% Peaty rankers
  • Craggie · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.