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FPA-12787

Land at Letham Grange

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Colliston
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO612455

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 31 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 20 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 20 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 22 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
1.41 ha
Conifer
0.45 ha
Broadleaf
0.96 ha

Official source

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FPA-12787

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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
14 Sept 2025 – 13 Sept 2027
Felling area
1.41 ha
Estimated volume
867 m³
Proposed restocking
1.41 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Beech 0.69 ha 75 yr 370 463 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.45 ha 75 yr 250 239 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Norway maple 0.16 ha 40 yr 224 94 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.1 ha 40 yr 241 61 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Mixed native broadleaves 0.01 ha 20 yr 33 10 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 1.41 ha 1,600
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 611 454

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

F3 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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Status Expired Distance 2.3 km away Area 8.68 ha Decision issued

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.