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FPA-12805

Kilchoan Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Magazine Woods
Nearest town
Kilmelford
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM835148

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 14 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 8 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 4 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 17 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 September 2031

Area

Total area
13.77 ha
Conifer
13.77 ha

Official source

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FPA-12805

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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.

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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
    Approved

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

S_P_0437_Melfort

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 377 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 567 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0059_0322_0338-0339

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 612 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 785 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318c

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Closed Proximity 825 m 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 · NM 835 147

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 480

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Terraced hills with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Edgerston · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Cowie · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Status Approved Distance 1.1 km away Area 18.5 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 2.1 km away Area 87.87 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 3.5 km away Area 71.04 ha Approved
23FGS70394 Clachan Farm Native Woodland Creation Location

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15FGS03778 Scammadale Woodland Creation Location

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