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FPA-12353

Buckler Heads Wood

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Wellbank
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO464363

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 4 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 June 2025
  4. Consultation closes 10 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 11 June 2025
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
5.60 ha
Conifer
5.60 ha

Official source

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FPA-12353

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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

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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
14 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
5.6 ha
Estimated volume
2,332 m³
Thinning area
0.71 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
5.6 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Sitka spruce Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 5.6 ha 45 yr 2,300 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
2 Birch 0.71 ha 32 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Create Designed Open Ground 11.79% 0.66 ha
1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 71.96% 4.03 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled area Sycamore 13.04% 0.73 ha 1,600
1 Restock by natural regeneration Birch 3.21% 0.18 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Gagie Marsh

Site 664

Official SiteLink record for Gagie Marsh
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 5.15 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 463 363

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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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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