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FPA-12665

Errol Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Railway Wood – 6a, 6b, Sharps wood – 2c, Ancothie wood – 4i, 4e North wall wood – 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16e, 16s, 16g, 16w, 16l, 16m, 16n, 16o, 16u, 15a Railway Wood – 26a
Nearest town
Errol
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO228231

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 27 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 30 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 15 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
10.15 ha
Conifer
1.84 ha

Official source

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FPA-12665

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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    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
10.15 ha
Estimated volume
5,645 m³
Thinning area
14.38 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
10.15 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
6a Clear Felling Norway spruce 4.7 ha 58 yr 5,450 1,820 m³
6b Clear Felling Norway spruce 1.69 ha 55 yr 2,124 750 m³
6b Clear Felling Hybrid larch 1.69 ha 55 yr 2,124 750 m³
4i Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.15 ha 27 yr 150 50 m³
4i Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.14 ha 27 yr 150 50 m³
16b Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.26 ha 60 yr 320 105 m³
16c Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.55 ha 60 yr 680 250 m³
16w Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.97 ha 60 yr 1,200 400 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
2c Sitka spruce 3.41 ha 150 m³ 1,200 1,100
4e Sitka spruce 2.02 ha 90 m³ 200 1,660
15a Norway spruce 0.55 ha 80 m³ 1,200 1,000
15a Ash 0.23 ha 22 m³ 1,200 1,000
16a Norway spruce 0.14 ha 19 m³ 1,200 1,000
16a Grand fir 0.32 ha 44 m³ 1,200 1,000
16d Scots pine 0.22 ha 30 m³ 1,200 1,000
16e Norway spruce 0.26 ha 36 m³ 1,200 1,000
16e Scots pine 0.26 ha 36 m³ 1,200 1,000
16f European larch 0.38 ha 52 m³ 1,200 1,000
16g Norway spruce 0.37 ha 51 m³ 1,200 1,000
16l Norway spruce 0.05 ha 7 m³ 1,200 1,000
16m Sitka spruce 0.48 ha 66 m³ 1,200 1,000
16m Scots pine 0.49 ha 67 m³ 1,200 1,000
16n Japanese larch 1.56 ha 213 m³ 1,200 1,000
16n Scots pine 0.19 ha 26 m³ 1,200 1,000
16n Sitka spruce 0.19 ha 26 m³ 1,200 1,000
16o Scots pine 0.42 ha 57 m³ 1,200 1,000
16s Norway spruce 0.22 ha 30 m³ 1,200 1,000
16u Norway spruce 1.77 ha 252 m³ 1,200 1,000
26u Sitka spruce 0.85 ha 116 m³ 2,000 1,660

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
16b Replant felled area Downy birch 23.08% 0.06 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Sessile oak 19.23% 0.05 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Scots pine 19.23% 0.05 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Norway spruce 7.69% 0.02 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Aspen 7.69% 0.02 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Common alder 7.69% 0.02 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Willow 7.69% 0.02 ha 1,600
16b Replant felled area Hawthorn 7.69% 0.02 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Scots pine 14.55% 0.08 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Sessile oak 14.55% 0.08 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Silver birch 10.91% 0.06 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Aspen 10.91% 0.06 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Common alder 10.91% 0.06 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Willow 10.91% 0.06 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.09% 0.05 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Downy birch 9.09% 0.05 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Hawthorn 7.27% 0.04 ha 1,600
16c Replant felled area Crab apple 1.82% 0.01 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Scots pine 14.43% 0.14 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Sessile oak 16.49% 0.16 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Norway spruce 10.31% 0.1 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Downy birch 10.31% 0.1 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Silver birch 10.31% 0.1 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Aspen 10.31% 0.1 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Common alder 9.28% 0.09 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Willow 9.28% 0.09 ha 1,600
16w Replant felled area Hawthorn 9.28% 0.09 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Sessile oak 24.14% 0.07 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Silver birch 20.69% 0.06 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Downy birch 17.24% 0.05 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Aspen 13.79% 0.04 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Hawthorn 10.34% 0.03 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Rowan 10.34% 0.03 ha 1,600
4i Replant felled area Crab apple 3.45% 0.01 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Scots pine 1.98% 0.09 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Norway spruce 94.05% 4.27 ha 2,500
6a Replant felled area Silver birch 1.1% 0.05 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Downy birch 1.1% 0.05 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Sessile oak 2.42% 0.11 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Holly 0.88% 0.04 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Hawthorn 0.88% 0.04 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Rowan 0.66% 0.03 ha 1,600
6a Replant felled area Crab apple 0.44% 0.02 ha 1,600
6b Create Designed Open Ground 16.67% 0.59 ha
6b Replant felled area Norway spruce 73.16% 2.59 ha 2,500
6b Replant felled area Scots pine 0.56% 0.02 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Silver birch 0.85% 0.03 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Downy birch 0.85% 0.03 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Sessile oak 1.41% 0.05 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Holly 0.56% 0.02 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Hawthorn 0.56% 0.02 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Rowan 0.56% 0.02 ha 1,600
6b Replant felled area Crab apple 0.28% 0.01 ha 1,600
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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

STH17_0222_0223_0224

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 1.4 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

Inchcoonans Claypit

Site 801

Official SiteLink record for Inchcoonans Claypit
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 1.16 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Pitlowie

Site 1294

Official SiteLink record for Pitlowie
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 2.0 km away Published area 25.54 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 228 231

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 89

Brown earths

Soil association
Carpow
Parent material
Raised beach sands and gravels derived mainly from Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
Landform
Raised beach terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Carpow · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F1 Excellent 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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