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FPA-12691

Duchal Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Duchal Estate
Nearest town
Kilmacolm
Local authority
Inverclyde Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS356677

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 4 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 1 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 29 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 30 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 1 August 2029

Area

Total area
3.37 ha
Conifer
2.24 ha

Official source

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FPA-12691

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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
30 Sept 2025 – 30 Sept 2027
Felling area
3.37 ha
Estimated volume
1,984 m³
Thinning area
1.18 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
3.37 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.07 ha 34 yr 2,691 1,139 m³
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.13 ha 50 yr 1,703 666 m³
2 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.17 ha 50 yr 34 44 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
3 Sitka spruce 1.02 ha 87 m³ 1,600 1,200
4 Sitka spruce 0.16 ha 48 m³ 1,300 1,100

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 61.42% 2.07 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 31.16% 1.05 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 7.42% 0.25 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

STH22_0583

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 900 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0584_b Lawpark 2 (B)

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0584_c Lawpark 2 [C]

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0572 Gibblaston

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0573 Gotter Water

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.7 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 356 677

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

F2 Very 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.

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