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FPA-12696

Kinpurnie Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Kinpurnie
Nearest town
Dundee
Local authority
Dundee City Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO287402

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 22 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 4 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 1 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 8 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
21.29 ha
Conifer
20.85 ha
Broadleaf
0.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-12696

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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 Nov 2025 – 1 Nov 2027
Felling area
21.29 ha
Estimated volume
8,285 m³
Thinning area
16.04 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
21.29 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
C1 Clear Felling European larch 2 ha 75 yr 1,500 750 m³ na
C1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4 ha 75 yr 2,500 1,500 m³ na
C1 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.5 ha 75 yr 1,000 400 m³ na
C1 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.3 ha 75 yr 60 80 m³ na
C2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 75 yr 500 250 m³ na
C2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.4 ha 75 yr 300 125 m³ na
C2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.14 ha 75 yr 50 50 m³ na
C3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.73 ha 30 yr 1,500 350 m³ na
C4 Clear Felling Douglas fir 4 ha 120 yr 1,000 1,000 m³ na
C4 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.47 ha 120 yr 400 300 m³ na
C5 Clear Felling Douglas fir 4 ha 35 yr 2,500 500 m³ na
C5 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.97 ha 35 yr 1,000 250 m³ na
C6 Clear Felling European larch 1.62 ha 120 yr 1,000 400 m³ na
C7 Clear Felling European larch 0.83 ha 120 yr 500 350 m³ na
C7 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.83 ha 120 yr 500 350 m³ na

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
C8 Scots pine 5 ha 600 m³
C8 Mixed conifers 0.83 ha 300 m³
C9 European larch 1.5 ha 100 m³
C9 Mixed conifers 0.25 ha 40 m³
C9 Mixed broadleaves 0.3 ha 40 m³
C10 Silver birch 6 ha 350 m³
C10 Mixed conifers 1 ha 50 m³
C10 Mixed broadleaves 1.16 ha 150 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
C1 Restock by natural regeneration Oak 31.94% 6.8 ha 1,500
C2 Replant felled area Alder 1.78% 0.38 ha 1,500
C2 Replant felled area Silver birch 1.55% 0.33 ha 1,500
C2 Replant felled area Rowan 1.55% 0.33 ha 1,500
C3 Replant felled area Silver birch 3.43% 0.73 ha 1,500
C4 Replant felled area Aspen 5.26% 1.12 ha 1,500
C4 Replant felled area Alder 5.26% 1.12 ha 1,500
C4 Replant felled area Hazel 5.21% 1.11 ha 1,500
C4 Replant felled area Ash 5.26% 1.12 ha 1,500
C5 Replant felled area Sessile oak 11.7% 2.49 ha 1,500
C5 Replant felled area Silver birch 11.65% 2.48 ha 1,500
C6 Replant felled area Sessile oak 7.61% 1.62 ha 1,500
C7 Replant felled area Alder 3.9% 0.83 ha 1,500
C7 Replant felled area Rowan 3.9% 0.83 ha 1,500
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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Long Loch of Lundie

Site 1094

Official SiteLink record for Long Loch of Lundie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 31.57 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 286 402

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 414

Brown earths

Soil association
Mountboy
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Mountboy · 70% Brown earths
  • Garvock · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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.