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FPA-12493

River Irvine Path, Irvine

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
River Irvine Path, Irvine
Nearest town
Irvine
Local authority
North Ayrshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS346368

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 12 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 6 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 5 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 6 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.23 ha
Broadleaf
0.23 ha

Official source

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FPA-12493

Find FPA-12493 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
11 Aug 2025 – 30 Sept 2026
Felling area
0.23 ha
Estimated volume
115 m³
Thinning area
0.17 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.23 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Felling Individual Trees Mixed broadleaves 0.2 ha 40 yr 135 55 m³ Paint Spot
2 Felling Individual Trees Mixed broadleaves 0.03 ha 60 yr 18 45 m³ Paint Spot

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
3 Mixed broadleaves 0.17 ha 15 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Alternative Area Plant an alternative area Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.23 ha 1,600 460

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

STH22_0647_B_Dreghorn

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0647_A_Dreghorn

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Dundonald Burn

Site 565

Official SiteLink record for Dundonald Burn
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 978 m away Published area 0.29 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 346 368

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 169

Brown earths

Soil association
Dreghorn
Parent material
Raised beach sands and gravels derived from Carboniferous rocks with some Old Red Sandstone material
Landform
Raised beach terraces and mounds with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dreghorn · 100% Brown earths
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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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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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.