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FPA-13026

Cawdor Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Big Wood
Nearest town
Cawdor
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH846489

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 November 2025
  2. Application accepted 21 November 2025
  3. Consultation opens 3 June 2026
  4. Consultation closes 1 July 2026
  5. Decision issued 13 August 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Official source

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FPA-13026

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 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. Status changed

    From
    Under Consideration
    To
    Approved
  3. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Under Consideration

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
28 May 2026 – 1 Dec 2027
Felling area
0 ha
Estimated volume
258.21 m³
Proposed restocking
0 ha

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Oak 0 ha 200 yr 5 52 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Beech 0 ha 200 yr 8 92 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Elm 0 ha 200 yr 10 28 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Norway spruce 0 ha 61 yr 5 2.25 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Grand fir 0 ha 61 yr 6 35 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Western hemlock 0 ha 61 yr 1 1.7 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Scots pine 0 ha 126 yr 4 22 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Birch 0 ha 50 yr 1 0.26 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Sitka spruce 0 ha 100 yr 1 7.5 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Sitka spruce 0 ha 47 yr 1 0.5 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Japanese larch 0 ha 20 yr 12 5 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Ash 0 ha 200 yr 1 8 m³ Pink Dot
Big Wood Felling Individual Trees Caledonian scots pine 0 ha 150 yr 1 4 m³ Pink Dot

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Big Wood Restock with individual trees Oak 0% 0 ha 57
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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Cawdor Wood

Site 349

Official SiteLink record for Cawdor Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity Point is inside the SSSI Published area 161.43 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 846 488

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 100

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Mounds and ridges with gentle to steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Corby · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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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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