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FPA-12569

Glen Shira

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Inveraray
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NN144119

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 15 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 16 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 16 September 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
110.52 ha
Conifer
110.52 ha

Official source

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FPA-12569

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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
23 Jun 2025 – 18 Dec 2026
Felling area
110.52 ha
Estimated volume
55,590 m³
Proposed restocking
110.52 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
07A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 12.72 ha 50 yr 12,720 10,058 m³
07C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.17 ha 50 yr 85 7 m³
07JL Clear Felling Japanese larch 1.8 ha 50 yr 1,620 912 m³
07Wb low Clear Felling Sitka spruce 5.84 ha 50 yr 5,840 4,107 m³
45A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 17.67 ha 54 yr 14,613 10,179 m³
45B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.13 ha 54 yr 3,717 799 m³
45C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.57 ha 54 yr 741 49 m³
45SS /OG Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.63 ha 54 yr 652 172 m³
45Wb low Clear Felling Sitka spruce 10.87 ha 54 yr 8,989 5,566 m³
46A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 33.42 ha 54 yr 32,451 16,296 m³
46B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 10.21 ha 54 yr 13,201 2,570 m³
46C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.32 ha 54 yr 128 34 m³
46Wb low Clear Felling Sitka spruce 11.17 ha 54 yr 10,846 4,841 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
07 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 8.5% 9.39 ha 2,500
07 Replant felled area Norway spruce 4.41% 4.87 ha 2,500
07 Replant felled area Scots pine 2.09% 2.31 ha 2,500
07 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.98% 1.08 ha 1,600
07 Create Designed Open Ground 2.97% 3.28 ha
45 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 18.12% 20.03 ha 2,500
45 Replant felled area Norway spruce 3.77% 4.17 ha 2,500
45 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.87% 6.49 ha 1,600
45 Create Designed Open Ground 3.12% 3.45 ha
46 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 34.15% 37.74 ha 2,500
46 Replant felled area Norway spruce 5.41% 5.98 ha 2,500
46 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 4.2% 4.64 ha 1,600
46 Create Designed Open Ground 6.42% 7.09 ha
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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

STH20_0225-0231

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0507

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0790b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0950

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0974

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.6 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 144 119

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 249

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hummocky valley and slope moraines
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Shanquhar · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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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