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FPA-12629

Seefar Wood (Sub Cmpt 8a, 8b)

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Seefar and West Hill
Nearest town
Forneth
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO095471

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 30 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 24 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 21 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 8 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.58 ha
Conifer
0.58 ha

Official source

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FPA-12629

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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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  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
1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2027
Felling area
0.58 ha
Estimated volume
175 m³
Proposed restocking
0.58 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
8a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.43 ha 35 yr 688 130 m³ N
8b Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.15 ha 35 yr 240 45 m³ N

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
8a Replant felled area Scots pine 91.38% 0.53 ha 2,500 — —
8b Replant felled area Silver birch 8.62% 0.05 ha 2,500 — —
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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

STH18_1307

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 4.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0372

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 4.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1848

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 4.8 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Forest of Clunie

Site 1709

Official SiteLink record for Forest of Clunie ↗ 		Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 19,478.3 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 095 470

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 497

Noncalcareous gleys with humic gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides 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.

  • Anniegathel · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Auquhollie · 50% Humic gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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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.