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FPA-12640

Sloy Power Station

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Inveruglas
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NN320098

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 11 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 27 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 25 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 5 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2032

Area

Total area
0.10 ha
Conifer
0.10 ha

Official source

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FPA-12640

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
30 Sept 2025 – 30 Jun 2026
Felling area
0.1 ha
Estimated volume
19.8 m³
Proposed restocking
0.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Selective Felling Larch 0.1 ha 60 yr 6 19.8 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.1 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

STH24_0842b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 392 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0842c

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 599 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0842a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 647 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0175-0807

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0496

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.9 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

Pollochro Woods

Site 1301

Official SiteLink record for Pollochro Woods
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 292.96 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Ben Vorlich

Site 193

Official SiteLink record for Ben Vorlich
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 766.54 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 320 098

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 503

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Hummocky valley moraines
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Strichen · 85% Humus-iron podzols
  • Hythie · 15% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.