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FPA-12177

Keithock Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
North Wood
Nearest town
Brechin
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO602637

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 20 December 2024
  3. Consultation opens 25 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 25 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 1 October 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.40 ha
Conifer
0.30 ha
Broadleaf
0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-12177

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
9 Jun 2025 – 7 Aug 2027
Felling area
0.4 ha
Estimated volume
117 m³
Thinning area
2 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
0.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Beech Birch Mixed conifers Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.3 ha 75 yr 25 12 m³ windblow
2 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 75 yr 10 5 m³ windblow

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
1 Sycamore 2 ha 100 m³ 900 600

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2 Restock by natural regeneration Sycamore 15% 0.06 ha 1,600
2 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 65% 0.26 ha 1,600
2 Restock by natural regeneration Beech 15% 0.06 ha 1,600
2 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed conifers 5% 0.02 ha 2,500
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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 601 637

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 239

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Forfar
Parent material
Water-sorted drifts derived from Lower Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Forfar · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Vinny · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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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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