FPA-12280

Bannachra Muir

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Nearest town: Helensburgh
Local authority: Argyll and Bute Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NS348826
Total area: 13.77 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 19 February 2025
Application accepted 2 April 2025
Consultation opens 7 May 2025
Consultation closes 4 June 2025
Decision issued 5 June 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12280

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 9 May 2025 – 8 May 2027
Felling area: 13.77 ha
Estimated volume: 6,210 m³
Proposed restocking: 13.77 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AlderDowny birchNorway spruceSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	13.74 ha	39 yr	20,600	6,200 m³	—
1	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.03 ha	39 yr	50	10 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	63.62%	8.76 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	11.47%	1.58 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Downy birch	6.54%	0.9 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Common alder	6.54%	0.9 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Create Designed Open Ground	—	11.84%	1.63 ha	—	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-7766 Blackthird Plantation	Location Cardross West Dunbartonshire	Status Expired	Distance 573 m away	Area 9.06 ha	Decision issued 8 Mar 2021
CB436541 Arden Estate	Location Balloch Stirling	Status Expired	Distance 632 m away	Area 27.4 ha	Decision issued 24 Jul 2014
FPA-8454 Blackthird Springjoy	Location Cardross Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 4.55 ha	Decision issued 14 Mar 2022
FPA-9348 Arden	Location Balloch Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 4.5 ha	Decision issued 13 Jul 2022
FPA-6563 Arden	Location Helensburgh Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 21.7 ha	Decision issued 9 Jan 2020

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
20FGS52303 Arden Woodland Creation 2020	Location Alexandria Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 728 m away	Area 26.4 ha	Approved 23 Sept 2021
20FGS53963 Blackthird Farm New Woodland Creation	Location Balloch West Dunbartonshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 87.47 ha	Approved 25 Feb 2022
19FGS37703 Overton Farm WC	Location Balloch West Dunbartonshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 16.42 ha	Approved 6 Sept 2019
24FGS77699 Helensburgh Reservoir No2	Location Helensburgh Argyll and Bute	Status Expired	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 2.83 ha	Decision issued 14 Jan 2025
17FGS21717 Highfields New Woodland Creation	Location Argyll and Bute	Status Approved	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 12 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:39 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:55 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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