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FPA-12180

Pitlivie Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Muirdrum
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO563396

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 20 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 16 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 16 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 19 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 May 2029

Area

Total area
15.77 ha
Conifer
15.77 ha

Official source

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FPA-12180

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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
1 Mar 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
Felling area
15.77 ha
Estimated volume
6,700 m³
Proposed restocking
15.77 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
10a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 12.52 ha 38 yr 13,750 6,000 m³ As mapped
10b Clear Felling Japanese larch 3.25 ha 38 yr 2,000 700 m³ As mapped

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
10a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 64.3% 10.14 ha 2,500
10b Replant felled area Scots pine 20.6% 3.25 ha 2,500
10d Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 5.1% 0.8 ha 1,600
10c Create Designed Open Ground 10% 1.58 ha
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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 562 396

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 41

Brown earths

Soil association
Balrownie
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from sandstones of Lower Old Red Sandstone age, often water-modified
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Balrownie · 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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