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FPA-13388

Lochcraigs Wood

Under Consideration Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Bridgend of Lintrathen
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO280542

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 26 March 2026
  3. Consultation opens 21 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 18 June 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
3.80 ha
Conifer
0.70 ha
Broadleaf
3.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-13388

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

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Track changes

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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Under Consideration

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 May 2026 – 26 Apr 2028
Felling area
3.8 ha
Estimated volume
300 m³
Thinning area
3.7 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
3.8 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Ash

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce Remove windblow 0.7 ha 25 yr 80 45 m³
6 Selective Mixed broadleaves Felling Selective thinning 0.9 ha 25 yr 95 10 m³
7 Selective Ash Felling Remove dead and declining Ash Dieback 1.1 ha 25 yr 140 30 m³
8 Selective Mixed broadleaves Felling Remove windblow 0.6 ha 25 yr 65 60 m³
4 Selective Mixed broadleaves Felling Remove windblow 0.5 ha 25 yr 55 45 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
2 Selective thinning 1.2 ha 45 m³
3 Remove suppressed poor form 0.8 ha 20 m³
4 Selective thinning 1 ha 30 m³
5 Selective thinning 0.7 ha 15 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
4,6,7,8 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 100% 3.1 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.7 ha 1,600

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 of Lintrathen

Site 1034

Official SiteLink record for Loch of Lintrathen
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 167 m away Published area 186.27 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Den of Airlie

Site 500

Official SiteLink record for Den of Airlie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 91.99 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 280 541

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 274

Brown earths

Soil association
Gourdie
Parent material
Drifts derived from acid metamorphic rocks and Lower Old Red Sandstone sediments with igneous rocks
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.

  • Gourdie · 70% Brown earths
  • Snaigow · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.