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FPA-12394

Jahama Highland Estates

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Melgarve
Nearest town
Laggan
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN466960

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 24 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 29 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 27 May 2025
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
4.70 ha
Conifer
4.70 ha

Official source

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FPA-12394

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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
    Expired

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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 – 1 May 2027
Felling area
5.76 ha
Estimated volume
2,900 m³
Proposed restocking
5.76 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
356 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.63 ha 60 yr 1,590 1,500 m³
356 Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.22 ha 60 yr 212 200 m³
504 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.91 ha 60 yr 1,272 1,200 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
356 Replant felled area Scots pine 49.48% 2.85 ha 2,500
504 Replant felled area Scots pine 50.52% 2.91 ha 2,500
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Protected places

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

River Spey

Site 1699

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Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 233 m away Published area 1,959.91 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 466 959

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 101

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Mounds with ridges and terraces with gentle to steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarbothill · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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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