FPA-12661

Festival Park

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Festival Park
Nearest town: Glasgow
Local authority: Glasgow City Council
Conservancy: Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NS567464

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Key dates

Application registered 26 June 2025
Application accepted 27 June 2025
Consultation opens 26 August 2025
Consultation closes 25 August 2025
Decision issued 28 August 2025
Restocking due 20 August 2029

Area

Total area: 0.17 ha
Conifer: 0.04 ha
Broadleaf: 0.13 ha

Official source

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FPA-12661

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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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26 Aug 2026, 21:44 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:51 BST

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 – 25 Mar 2027
Felling area: 0.17 ha
Estimated volume: 31.8 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Alder Birch Larch Poplar Scots pine Woody shrubs

Proposed restocking species

Birch Oak Rowan

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4	Clear Felling	Birch	0.06 ha	37 yr	53	5.4 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Poplar	0.03 ha	37 yr	28	12.32 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Larch	0.03 ha	37 yr	31	6.72 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.01 ha	37 yr	10	5.7 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Alder	0.01 ha	37 yr	6	0.66 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Woody shrubs	0.02 ha	37 yr	20	1 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4	Replant felled area	Birch	25.29%	0.04 ha	1,200	50	—
4	Replant felled area	Oak	25.29%	0.04 ha	1,200	50	—
4	Replant felled area	Rowan	25.29%	0.04 ha	1,200	50	—
4	Create Designed Open Ground	—	24.12%	0.04 ha	—	—	—

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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
STH21_0541_0543_0939 Loch Hill P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 953 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0916-0921 Melowther Hill P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.4 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0766 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 1.9 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH25_0587_1058 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 2.1 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0912_0913 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 2.3 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 567 463

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 4

Dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association: Organic Soils
Parent material: Organic deposits
Landform: Uplands and northern lowlands with gentle and strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Blanket Peat · 100% Dystrophic blanket peat

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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees