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FPA-12996

Arndean Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Blairingone
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS994980

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 November 2025
  2. Application accepted 7 November 2025
  3. Consultation opens 20 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 18 December 2025
  5. Decision issued 31 December 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 October 2029

Area

Total area
0.57 ha
Conifer
0.57 ha

Official source

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FPA-12996

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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 Mar 2026 – 1 May 2026
Felling area
0.57 ha
Estimated volume
350 m³
Proposed restocking
0.57 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Oak Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
70d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 42 yr 420 300 m³ n/a
72b Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.17 ha 40 yr 46 50 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
70d Restock by natural regeneration Sitka spruce 70.18% 0.4 ha 2,500
72b Replant felled area Oak 29.82% 0.17 ha 2,200
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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

Devon Gorge

Site 510

Official SiteLink record for Devon Gorge
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 385 m away Published area 40.11 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Back Burn Wood and Meadows

Site 111

Official SiteLink record for Back Burn Wood and Meadows
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 851 m away Published area 9.91 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Gartwhinzean Meadow

Site 680

Official SiteLink record for Gartwhinzean Meadow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.0 km away Published area 1.7 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 994 980

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 163

Brown earths

Soil association
Darvel
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived mainly from Carboniferous rocks
Landform
Mounds and terraces with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darvel · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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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