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FPA-12572

Cnoc Lodge

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Appin
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM981446

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 19 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 3 September 2025
  4. Consultation closes 1 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
0.08 ha
Conifer
0.08 ha

Official source

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FPA-12572

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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

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 Aug 2025 – 30 Nov 2025
Felling area
0.08 ha
Estimated volume
20 m³
Proposed restocking
0.08 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Lodgepole pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Rowan Scots pine Silver birch Woody shrubs

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.04 ha 40 yr 21 10 m³
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.04 ha 40 yr 23 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by natural regeneration Silver birch 25% 0.02 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 25% 0.02 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Rowan 25% 0.02 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Woody shrubs 25% 0.02 ha 1,600
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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

STH17_0227

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 3.4 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

Glen Creran Woods

Site 8619

Official SiteLink record for Glen Creran Woods
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 269 m away Published area 705.91 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NM 981 446

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 250

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hill and valley sides with strong to very steep slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Ettenbreck · 50% Brown earths
  • Foudland · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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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.

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