FPA-12353
Buckler Heads Wood
Expired Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Nearest town
- Wellbank
- Local authority
- Angus Council
- Conservancy
- Perth and Argyll Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NO464363
Key dates
- Application registered 12 March 2025
- Application accepted 4 March 2025
- Consultation opens 10 June 2025
- Consultation closes 10 June 2025
- Decision issued 11 June 2025
- Restocking due Unknown
Area
- Total area
- 5.60 ha
- Conifer
- 5.60 ha
Official source
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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.
Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗
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Track changes
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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
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 5.6 ha | 45 yr | — | 2,300 m³ | — |
Thinning operations
Representation: Volume to be removed.
| Site/Cpt | Species | Area | Volume removed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Birch | 0.71 ha | 32 m³ |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative 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
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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
Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nearby records
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