FPA-12713

Urquhart Bay Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

SF - Selective Felling

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: Urquhart Bay Wood
Nearest town: Drumnadrochit
Local authority: Highland Council
Forestry administration: Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NH508301
Total area: 7.30 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 15 July 2025
Application accepted 10 July 2025
Consultation opens 8 August 2025
Consultation closes 5 September 2025
Decision issued 14 October 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12713

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
Felling area: 7.3 ha
Estimated volume: 60 m³
Proposed restocking: 7.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1b	Selective Felling	Ash	6 ha	25 yr	30	25 m³	Paint
1b	Selective Felling	Ash	1 ha	75 yr	15	20 m³	Paint
1b	Selective Felling	Ash	0.3 ha	55 yr	15	15 m³	Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1b	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	7.3 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

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
FPA-10934 Urquhart Bay	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Expired	Distance 290 m away	Area 7.3 ha	Decision issued 15 Nov 2023
FLA00433 Borlum Wood	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 40.5 ha	Decision issued 24 Jun 2015
FLA01252 Bunloit Estate	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 7.7 ha	Decision issued 19 Aug 2016
FLA00940 Garbeg Farm	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 6.26 ha	Decision issued 24 Feb 2016
CB378807 Bunloit Estate	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 2.76 ha	Decision issued 21 May 2014

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
18FGS29638 Achmonie Farm	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 5.65 ha	Approved 14 Feb 2019
20FGS53646 Culnakirk Woodland Creation	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Approved	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 64.87 ha	Approved 9 Dec 2020
25FGS89359 South Bunloit New Wood	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Approved	Distance 4.4 km away	Area 18.25 ha	Approved 11 Feb 2026
19FGS40083 Ardblair Burn Woodland Creation	Location BEAULY Highland	Status Approved	Distance 7.2 km away	Area 16.92 ha	Approved 10 Oct 2019
22FGS67967 Loch Ruthven Woodland Creation	Location INVERNESS Highland	Status Expired	Distance 9.7 km away	Area 0 ha	Key date Not published

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, 06:31 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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