FPA-12707

Glenbranter Land Management Area

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Glenbranter
Nearest town: Strachur
Local authority: Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy: Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference: NS105967

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 10 July 2025
Application accepted 6 May 2025
Consultation opens 13 August 2025
Consultation closes 10 September 2025
Decision issued 9 December 2025

Area

Total area: 0.29 ha
Conifer: 0.26 ha
Broadleaf: 0.03 ha

Official source

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FPA-12707

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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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26 Aug 2026, 21:42 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST

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: 13 Aug 2025 – 30 Dec 2025
Felling area: 0.29 ha
Estimated volume: 179.5 m³

Species in felling operations

Oak Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
07059	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.07 ha	99 yr	4	47 m³	—
07059	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.19 ha	52 yr	48	125 m³	—
07059	Clear Felling	Oak	0.02 ha	100 yr	2	5 m³	—
07060	Clear Felling	Oak	0.01 ha	100 yr	1	2.5 m³	—

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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
STH23_0633-0636_0641-0642 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 361 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0307-0310 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.1 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0467-0664a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.6 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH25_0334a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.6 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH24_0468-0663 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.9 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.

Site	Designation	Proximity	Published area	Geographic scope
Loch Eck Site 980 Official SiteLink record for Loch Eck ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.7 km away	Published area 557.15 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Loch Eck

Site 980

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.7 km away

Published area 557.15 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 104 966

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 504

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association: Strichen
Parent material: Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform: Hummocky valley and slope moraines

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Gaerlie · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
Hythie · 35% Peaty gleys
Semi-confined peat · 30% Dystrophic semi-confined peat

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

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FPA-11744 Letters	Location Strachur Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 71.59 ha	Approved 17 Mar 2025
CB313016 Kilbridemore Farm	Location Strachur Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 16.01 ha	Decision issued 22 Nov 2013
FPA-7677 Castle Lachlan	Location Strachur Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 7.3 km away	Area 7.61 ha	Decision issued 11 Jan 2021