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FPA-12835

Allanton

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Calkers Wood, Buchtknowe Plantation
Nearest town
Allanton
Local authority
North Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS845567

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 29 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 9 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 19 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
8.30 ha
Conifer
8.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-12835

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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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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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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 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2027
Felling area
8.3 ha
Estimated volume
4,250 m³
Thinning area
0.2 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
8.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.61 ha 40 yr 9,025 1,805 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.9 ha 40 yr 9,750 1,950 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.19 ha 40 yr 475 95 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.6 ha 40 yr 1,500 300 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
5 Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 50 m³
6 Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 50 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a Replant felled area Norway spruce 20% 1.66 ha 2,500
1b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 15.78% 1.31 ha 2,500
1c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.81% 0.15 ha 1,600
1d Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.57% 0.13 ha 1,600
1e Create Designed Open Ground 4.34% 0.36 ha
2a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 26.87% 2.23 ha 2,500
2b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 14.58% 1.21 ha 2,500
2c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.2% 0.1 ha 1,600
2d Create Designed Open Ground 3.01% 0.25 ha
2e Create Designed Open Ground 1.33% 0.11 ha
3 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 2.29% 0.19 ha 2,500
4a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 5.66% 0.47 ha 2,500
4c Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.48% 0.04 ha 1,600
4c Create Designed Open Ground 1.08% 0.09 ha
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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

STH21_1068_Hartfield_B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_1068_Hartfield_A

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH18_1440

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.4 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 845 567

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 445

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Caprington · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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.

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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.