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FPA-12418

Rossie Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cpt 1,2 & 3
Nearest town
Auchtermuchty
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO260123

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 31 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 7 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 28 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 26 May 2025
  5. Decision issued 21 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 31 March 2030

Area

Total area
1.41 ha
Conifer
0.18 ha

Official source

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FPA-12418

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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
20 May 2025 – 20 May 2027
Felling area
1.41 ha
Estimated volume
385 m³
Proposed restocking
1.41 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Birch Hawthorn Hazel Oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.48 ha 40 yr 525 140 m³
2 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.35 ha 40 yr 310 80 m³
2 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.14 ha 40 yr 80 30 m³
3 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.4 ha 40 yr 400 120 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.04 ha 40 yr 40 15 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Birch 25% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hazel 25% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Oak 25% 0.12 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hawthor n 25% 0.12 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Birch 32.65% 0.16 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Oak 32.65% 0.16 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Hawthor n 34.69% 0.17 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Birch 31.82% 0.14 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Hazel 34.09% 0.15 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Hawthor n 34.09% 0.15 ha 1,600
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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 259 123

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 472

Brown earths

Soil association
Sourhope
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Sourhope · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very 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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