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FPA-13363

Wester Craggan

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Wester Craggan
Nearest town
Grantown on Spey
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ016268

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 27 March 2026
  2. Application accepted 23 March 2026
  3. Consultation opens 28 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 25 June 2026
  5. Decision issued 8 September 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.10 ha
Conifer
0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-13363

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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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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. 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
1 Sept 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Felling area
0.1 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
0.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Hawthorn Hazel Holly

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 60 yr 150

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Hawthor n 25% 0.03 ha 6,000
1 Replant felled area Blacktho rn 25% 0.03 ha 6,000
1 Replant felled area Hazel 25% 0.03 ha 6,000
1 Replant felled area Holly 25% 0.03 ha 6,000

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

River Spey

Site 1699

Official SiteLink record for River Spey
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 1,959.91 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 016 268

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 97

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with mounds and terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Boyndie · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Corby · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.