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FPA-8248

Whinny Hill

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Whinny Hill
Nearest town
Balloch
Local authority
West Dunbartonshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS402852

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 June 2021
  2. Application accepted 29 June 2021
  3. Consultation opens 2 July 2021
  4. Consultation closes 30 July 2021
  5. Decision issued 30 August 2021

Area

Total area
0.22 ha
Broadleaf
0.22 ha

Official source

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FPA-8248

Find FPA-8248 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 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 ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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_0951_0952

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_1294-1295 Whinney Hill

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 272 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0148

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0953

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0778

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 4.3 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

Boturich Woodlands

Site 248

Official SiteLink record for Boturich Woodlands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 30.68 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Portnellan - Ross Priory - Claddochside

Site 1309

Official SiteLink record for Portnellan - Ross Priory - Claddochside
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 24.46 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 401 851

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 41

Brown earths

Soil association
Balrownie
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from sandstones of Lower Old Red Sandstone age, often water-modified
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Balrownie · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

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.