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FPA-12338

Straiton Farms

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Straiton Farm Woodlands
Nearest town
Balmullo
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO416232

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 5 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 13 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 10 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2029

Area

Total area
4.20 ha
Conifer
4.05 ha
Broadleaf
0.09 ha

Official source

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FPA-12338

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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 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2027
Felling area
4.2 ha
Estimated volume
1,141 m³
Proposed restocking
4.2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.8 ha 50 yr 1,150 475 m³
1 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.3 ha 50 yr 235 68 m³
1 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.25 ha 50 yr 145 40 m³
1 Clear Felling Western red cedar 0.08 ha 50 yr 39 25 m³
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.01 ha 50 yr 5 6 m³
2 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.08 ha 50 yr 49 21 m³
2 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 50 yr 27 11 m³
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.06 ha 50 yr 31 14 m³
2 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.03 ha 50 yr 16 4 m³
7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.54 ha 50 yr 363 169 m³
7 Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.24 ha 50 yr 136 55 m³
7 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.18 ha 50 yr 173 66 m³
7 Clear Felling Western red cedar 0.12 ha 50 yr 78 27 m³
7 Clear Felling Beech 0.04 ha 50 yr 47 10 m³
16 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.11 ha 50 yr 135 46 m³
16 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.09 ha 50 yr 111 38 m³
15 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.22 ha 50 yr 97 66 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a Replant felled area Beech 33% 0.78 ha 1,600
1a Replant felled area Birch 33% 0.78 ha 1,600
1a Replant felled area Sycamore 34% 0.8 ha 1,600
1b Replant felled area Sitka spruce 50% 0.05 ha 2,500
1b Replant felled area Douglas fir 50% 0.05 ha 2,500
2 Replant felled area Birch 50% 0.11 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Sycamore 50% 0.11 ha 1,600
7 Replant felled area Douglas fir 50% 0.56 ha 2,500
7 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 50% 0.56 ha 2,500
16 Replant felled area Birch 50% 0.1 ha 1,600
16 Replant felled area Sycamore 50% 0.1 ha 1,600
15 Replant felled area Birch 50% 0.11 ha 1,600
15 Replant felled area Sycamore 50% 0.11 ha 1,600
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 416 231

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 414

Brown earths

Soil association
Mountboy
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Mountboy · 70% Brown earths
  • Garvock · 30% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very 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.