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FPA-12236

Cambo House Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartments 12, 11, 8 and 9
Nearest town
Kingsbarns
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO584113

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 4 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 12 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 9 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
3.33 ha
Conifer
2.75 ha
Broadleaf
0.58 ha

Official source

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FPA-12236

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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 2027
Felling area
3.33 ha
Estimated volume
715 m³
Proposed restocking
3.33 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sycamore

Proposed restocking species

Silver birch Sycamore

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
8 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.36 ha 41 yr 81 m³
8 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.04 ha 41 yr 4 m³
9 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.98 ha 41 yr 245 m³
9 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.11 ha 41 yr 12 m³
11 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.45 ha 41 yr 112 m³
11 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.19 ha 41 yr 21 m³
12 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.96 ha 41 yr 192 m³
12 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.24 ha 41 yr 48 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
8 Replant felled area Sycamor e 90% 0.36 ha 2,500
8 Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.04 ha 1,600
9 Replant felled area Sycamor e 90% 0.98 ha 2,500
9 Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.11 ha 1,600
11 Replant felled area Sycamor e 90% 0.58 ha 2,500
11 Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.06 ha 1,600
12 Replant felled area Sycamor e 90% 1.08 ha 2,500
12 Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.12 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Swinkie Muir

Site 1511

Official SiteLink record for Swinkie Muir
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 22.6 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 584 112

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 445

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Caprington · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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