FPA-12466

Falfield

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: Falfield Woods
Nearest town: Ceres
Local authority: Fife Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NO438090
Total area: 2.60 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 15 April 2025
Application accepted 8 April 2025
Consultation opens 22 July 2025
Consultation closes 19 August 2025
Decision issued 22 July 2025
Restocking due 31 March 2031
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12466

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Current Scottish public register · New consultations from 3 November 2026.

Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2028
Felling area: 2.6 ha
Estimated volume: 840 m³
Proposed restocking: 2.6 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleavesNorway spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
Cpt 1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.9 ha	40 yr	1,100	645 m³	Tape
Cpt 2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.2 ha	40 yr	150	70 m³	Tape
Cpt 3	Clear Felling	Hybrid larch	0.5 ha	40 yr	900	125 m³	Tape

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
Cpt 1	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	61.54%	1.6 ha	2,750	—	—
Cpt 1	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	11.54%	0.3 ha	1,800	—	—
Cpt 2	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	7.69%	0.2 ha	1,800	—	—
Cpt 3	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	19.23%	0.5 ha	1,800	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-6541 Falfield	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 298 m away	Area 1.6 ha	Decision issued 23 Aug 2019
CB456675 Bankhead Moss SWT Wildlife Reserve	Location Peat Inn Fife	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 1.5 ha	Decision issued 24 Jul 2014
FPA-7005 Poles 112-115	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 0.23 ha	Decision issued 21 Apr 2020
FPA-6964 Poles 76-81-82	Location Cupar Fife	Status Expired	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 0.3 ha	Decision issued 3 Jul 2020
FLA01145 North Callange Farm	Location Pitscottie Fife	Status Expired	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 1.72 ha	Decision issued 26 May 2016

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
22FGS70096 Montrave Home Farm NP3	Location Lundin Links Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 1.42 ha	Approved 15 Feb 2023
20FGS54205 Montrave Home Farm 2020	Location Glenrothes Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.3 km away	Area 9.51 ha	Approved 29 Mar 2021
19FGS41363 Belliston	Location RUTHVENFIELD ROAD Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.6 km away	Area 2.08 ha	Approved 9 Feb 2021
21FGS58403 Wester Balcormo WC Phase 2	Location Leven Fife	Status Approved	Distance 6.9 km away	Area 2.27 ha	Approved 13 Dec 2021
18FGS33719 Montrave Home Farm	Location Perth and Kinross	Status Approved	Distance 6.9 km away	Area 10.64 ha	Approved 7 Jan 2019

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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:33 GMT

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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