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FLA00504

Balgair Muir Forest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Balgair Muir Forest
Nearest town
SFA West, Kippen
Local authority
Stirling Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS601910

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 11 May 2015
  3. Consultation opens 20 May 2015
  4. Consultation closes 17 June 2015
  5. Decision issued 8 July 2015

Area

Total area
30.90 ha
Conifer
30.90 ha

Official source

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FLA00504

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

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

Wester Balgair Meadow

Site 1614

Official SiteLink record for Wester Balgair Meadow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.3 km away Published area 19.04 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 600 909

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 343

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleys

Soil association
Kippen
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from Upper Old Red Sandstone sandstones
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Garrique · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Limpithill · 30% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 7.6 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Within 10 km
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Status Open For Comment Distance 2.1 km away Area 40.78 ha Consultation ends

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.