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FPA-12403

Ballachulish Visitor Centre

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Ballachulish Visitor Centre 1a and 1b
Nearest town
Ballachulish
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN083584

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 21 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 28 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 25 November 2025
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.20 ha
Broadleaf
0.20 ha

Official source

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FPA-12403

Find FPA-12403 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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
4 Apr 2025 – 6 Jun 2025
Felling area
0.2 ha
Estimated volume
110 m³
Proposed restocking
0.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash Birch Willow

Proposed restocking species

Ash Hawthorn Hazel Holly

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 a & b Clear Felling Ash 0.18 ha 30 yr 40 100 m³
1 a & b Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 30 yr 7 5 m³
1 a & b Clear Felling Willow 0.01 ha 30 yr 3 5 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a Restock by coppice regrowth Ash 35% 0.07 ha 190
1a Restock with individual trees Hazel 5% 0.01 ha 10
1a Restock with individual trees Hawthor n 5% 0.01 ha 10
1a Restock with individual trees Holly 5% 0.01 ha 10
1b Restock by coppice regrowth Ash 50% 0.1 ha 190

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

STH17_1919_1920_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0228_0229_0230_b Ballachaullish 1, 2 & 3

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0228_0229_0230_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0296b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Withdrawn Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0296_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Withdrawn Proximity 1.2 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

Carnach Wood

Site 324

Official SiteLink record for Carnach Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 546 m away Published area 83.96 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

St John's Church

Site 1470

Official SiteLink record for St John's Church
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 2.3 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 082 583

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

National soil map of Scotland

Unclassified

Map unit 608

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Land Capability for Forestry

Built up area

Source code F8

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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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Status Expired Distance 9.4 km away Area 0.21 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.