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FPA-12762

Westfeal Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Scotlandwell
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO196032

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 30 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 29 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 September 2025
  4. Consultation closes 10 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 October 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 April 2030

Area

Total area
15.94 ha
Conifer
15.94 ha

Official source

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FPA-12762

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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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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 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2027
Felling area
15.94 ha
Estimated volume
8,800 m³
Proposed restocking
15.94 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
4a, b, c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 15.94 ha 45 yr 8,800 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
4a Replant felled Sitka spruce area 60.35% 9.62 ha 2,500
4b Replant felled Sitka spruce area 4.71% 0.75 ha 2,500
4b Replant felled Norway spruce area 21.46% 3.42 ha 2,500
4c Replant felled Norway spruce area 8.41% 1.34 ha 2,500
4c Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 5.08% 0.81 ha 1,600
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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

Bishop Hill

Site 209

Official SiteLink record for Bishop Hill
Designation MIXED Proximity 646 m away Published area 157.17 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 196 032

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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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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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.