FPA-12455

Femnock Hill Forest

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear 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: Femnock Hill Forest
Nearest town: Beauly
Local authority: Highland Council
Forestry administration: Highland and Islands Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NH482387
Total area: 6.97 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 9 April 2025
Application accepted 9 April 2025
Consultation opens 28 August 2025
Consultation closes 28 August 2025
Decision issued 28 August 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12455

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 22 Aug 2025 – 30 May 2026
Felling area: 6.97 ha
Estimated volume: 3,396 m³
Proposed restocking: 6.97 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1b2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.58 ha	56 yr	464	232 m³	—
4b1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.52 ha	56 yr	468	260 m³	—
5a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.36 ha	30 yr	2,857	1,905 m³	—
5b	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.34 ha	88 yr	988	371 m³	—
5f	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.72 ha	70 yr	660	247 m³	—
5a1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.45 ha	30 yr	572	381 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1b2	Replant felled Sitka spruce area	—	8.32%	0.58 ha	2,500	—	—
4b1	Replant felled Scots pine area	—	7.46%	0.52 ha	2,500	—	—
5a	Replant felled Sitka spruce area	—	48.21%	3.36 ha	2,500	—	—
5b	Replant felled Scots pine area	—	19.23%	1.34 ha	2,500	—	—
5a1	Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves	—	6.46%	0.45 ha	1,600	—	—
5f	Replant felled Scots pine area	—	10.33%	0.72 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA00328 Gordon Woodlands	Location Kiltarlity Highland	Status Expired	Distance 224 m away	Area 10.8 ha	Decision issued 16 Mar 2015
FPA-7323 Femnock Hill	Location Kiltarlity Highland	Status Expired	Distance 500 m away	Area 12.73 ha	Decision issued 14 Oct 2020
FPA-8472 Femnock Hill	Location Kiltarlity Highland	Status Expired	Distance 721 m away	Area 4.59 ha	Decision issued 6 Jul 2022
FLA-6257 Femnock Wood	Location Kiltarlity Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 2.45 ha	Decision issued 15 Jul 2019
FLA-6157 Gordon's Corner	Location Kiltarlity Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 5.86 ha	Decision issued 2 May 2019

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
16FGS11016 Hughton Croft Woodlands	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 1.17 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
19FGS40083 Ardblair Burn Woodland Creation	Location BEAULY Highland	Status Approved	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 16.92 ha	Approved 10 Oct 2019
21FGS60663 Caiplich Wood	Location Drumnadrochit Highland	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 30.02 ha	Approved 20 Oct 2022
16FGS12499 Mains of Aigas Woodland	Location Highland	Status Approved	Distance 5.0 km away	Area 71.22 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS30358 Knocknashalvaig	Location Highland	Status Expired	Distance 5.2 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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
26 Aug 2026, 21:44 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:51 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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