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FPA-12688

Langdales

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Langdales
Nearest town
Slamannan
Local authority
Falkirk Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS790712

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 10 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 17 December 2025
  4. Consultation closes 16 December 2025
  5. Decision issued 17 December 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
3.57 ha
Conifer
3.57 ha

Official source

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FPA-12688

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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 – 31 Aug 2028
Felling area
3.57 ha
Estimated volume
3,342 m³
Thinning area
23.51 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
3.57 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.73 ha 20 yr 3,460 657 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.84 ha 20 yr 3,680 699 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
1 Sitka spruce 8.36 ha 400 m³ 2,500 1,750
3 Sitka spruce 0.85 ha 57 m³ 2,000 1,640
3 Sitka spruce 1.05 ha 51 m³ 2,000 1,740
3 Sitka spruce 2.12 ha 68 m³ 2,000 1,840
4 Sitka spruce 1.31 ha 38 m³ 2,000 1,840
4 Sitka spruce 7.98 ha 1,137 m³ 2,500 1,750
4 Norway spruce 0.91 ha 130 m³ 2,500 1,750
4 Scots pine 0.48 ha 54 m³ 2,500 1,750
4 Mixed conifers 0.45 ha 51 m³ 2,500 1,750

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 3.57 ha 2,500
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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

STH22_1147_B_Blacktongue

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 988 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1147_A_Blacktongue

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.1 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

Slamannan Plateau

Site 9171

Official SiteLink record for Slamannan Plateau
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 559.17 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

West Fannyside Moss

Site 8178

Official SiteLink record for West Fannyside Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 33.82 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 789 711

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
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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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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.