FPA-12805

Kilchoan Estate

Approved 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
T - Thinning

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: Magazine Woods
Nearest town: Kilmelford
Local authority: Argyll and Bute Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NM835148
Total area: 13.77 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 18 August 2025
Application accepted 14 August 2025
Consultation opens 8 October 2025
Consultation closes 4 November 2025
Decision issued 17 November 2025
Restocking due 30 September 2031
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12805

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Oct 2025 – 1 Jun 2029
Felling area: 13.77 ha
Estimated volume: 4,317 m³
Thinning area: 2.89 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 13.77 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AlderDowny birchHawthornMixed native broadleavesRowanSessile oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4c10	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.17 ha	—	382	45 m³	N/A
4c3	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.39 ha	—	877	105 m³	N/A
4c8	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	2.08 ha	—	4,680	561 m³	N/A
4c25	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	4.24 ha	—	9,540	1,049 m³	N/A
4c12	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	3.22 ha	—	7,245	796 m³	N/A
4c2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.67 ha	—	8,257	990 m³	N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
4c11	Scots pine	0.35 ha	86 m³
4c13	Sitka spruce	0.36 ha	97 m³
4c17	Sitka spruce	0.68 ha	183 m³
4c20	Sitka spruce	1.3 ha	351 m³
4c1	Sitka spruce	0.2 ha	54 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Alder	5.01%	0.69 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Common alder	5.01%	0.69 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Downy birch	49.96%	6.88 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Hawthorn	5.01%	0.69 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Sessile oak	14.96%	2.06 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Rowan	10.02%	1.38 ha	1,600	—	—
4c9, 4c18, 4c23, 4c12, 4c8, 4c10	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	10.02%	1.38 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

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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
FLA-6147 Part Melfort Woodlands	Location Kilmelford Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 195 m away	Area 0.2 ha	Decision issued 21 May 2019
CB45753 Barachuile	Location Kilmelford Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 8.66 ha	Decision issued 1 Aug 2012
FPA-13607 Melfort Estate	Location Kilmelford Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 0.07 ha	Approved 14 Sept 2026
FLA01330 Cuilfail	Location Kilmelford Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 14.58 ha	Decision issued 10 Jun 2016
CB45309 Melfort Estate	Location Kilmelford Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 16.78 ha	Decision issued 28 Jun 2012

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
21FGS62167 Melfort Estate	Location Oban Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 18.5 ha	Approved 18 Feb 2022
18FGS35298 Kilchoan Melfort NWC 2018	Location Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 87.87 ha	Approved 15 Jul 2019
23FGS76295 Kilchoan Lochs new woodland creation v2	Location Kilchoan Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 71.04 ha	Approved 16 Jan 2024
23FGS70394 Clachan Farm Native Woodland Creation	Location Oban Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 8.0 km away	Area 50 ha	Approved 24 May 2023
15FGS03778 Scammadale Woodland Creation	Location Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 9.5 km away	Area 143.97 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:26 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:48 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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