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FPA-12621

Ardmaddy Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Ardmaddy
Nearest town
Oban
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM784168

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 30 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 27 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 24 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 1 October 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 October 2029

Area

Total area
10.02 ha
Conifer
10.02 ha

Official source

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FPA-12621

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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 – 31 Oct 2026
Felling area
10.02 ha
Estimated volume
4,210 m³
Proposed restocking
10.02 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.07 ha 53 yr 14,140 3,004 m³ Taped Boundary
5 Clear Felling Larch 0.5 ha 53 yr 1,000 175 m³ Taped Boundary
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.4 ha 53 yr 2,800 630 m³ Taped Boundary
12 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.05 ha 53 yr 2,100 401 m³ Taped Boundary

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
5 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 7.57 ha 1,600
6 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 1.4 ha 1,600
12 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 1.05 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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 783 167

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 479

Brown earths

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Lowlands and hill sides with gentle to very steep slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Sourhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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.