FPA-7841

Shinness Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Compartment 8
Nearest town: Lairg
Local authority: Highland Council
Forestry administration: Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NC553130
Total area: 3.08 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 25 January 2021
Application accepted 25 January 2021
Consultation opens 19 May 2021
Consultation closes 16 June 2021
Decision issued 28 June 2021
Restocking due 30 June 2026
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-7841

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sept 2024
Felling area: 3.08 ha
Estimated volume: 795 m³

Species in felling operations

Scots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

BeechMixed native broadleavesOakScots pineSycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
8a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.27 ha	48 yr	250	165 m³	n/a
8a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.77 ha	48 yr	480	190 m³	n/a
8b	Clear Felling	Scots pine	2.04 ha	48 yr	1,300	440 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
8a	Replant felled area	Beech	9.74%	0.3 ha	1,800	—	—
8a	Replant felled area	Oak	9.74%	0.3 ha	1,800	—	—
8a	Replant felled area	Sycamore	9.74%	0.3 ha	1,800	—	—
8a	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	4.55%	0.14 ha	1,800	—	—
8b	Replant felled area	Scots pine	33.44%	1.03 ha	2,500	—	—
8b	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	32.79%	1.01 ha	1,800	—	-2/3

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA00856 Shinness	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 121 m away	Area 3.19 ha	Decision issued 3 Dec 2015
FLA00794 Shinness	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.96 ha	Decision issued 17 Nov 2015
FLA00712 Shinness Rstate	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 8.22 ha	Decision issued 9 Dec 2015
CB134482 Blarbuie	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 21.4 ha	Decision issued 26 Mar 2013
CB520863 Sallachy Estate	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 83.8 ha	Decision issued 23 Jul 2015

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
21FGS58844 Blairbuie Croft 2	Location Shinness Highland	Status Approved	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 25.62 ha	Approved 14 Oct 2021
16FGS07374 Lairg Estate Restock and Creation	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 12.3 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS34818 Saval Woodland Creation	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 5.8 km away	Area 2.96 ha	Approved 13 Aug 2019
17FGS18497 13 Balnadelson New Woodland	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 8.4 km away	Area 3.92 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
23FGS72693 Old School Croft	Location Lairg Highland	Status Approved	Distance 8.4 km away	Area 2.25 ha	Approved 7 Nov 2023

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 21:08 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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