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Sitka spruce

Explore Scottish felling and proposed-restocking applications mentioning Sitka spruce, with annual area statistics.

Applications
1,125

unique across both operation types

Proposed felling
7,412 ha

across 1,076 applications

Proposed restocking
4,211 ha

across 555 applications

Sitka spruce by year

Proposed hectares grouped by application registration year. Where the register has no registration date, the first archived date is used. The current year is partial.

Year Felling apps Felling ha YoY Restocking apps Restocking ha YoY
2026 246 1,858.8 -40% 119 782.5 -56%
2025 454 3,099.6 +33% 250 1,790.7 +14%
2024 357 2,338.0 +2150% 179 1,566.4 +2317%
2023 16 103.9 +772% 5 64.8 +872%
2022 3 11.9 2 6.67

Applications mentioning Sitka spruce

1,125 unique felling applications, newest first. Badges show which extracted table contains the species and the attributed area.

FPA-13720

Drygrange

Earlston · Scottish Borders · 11 Sept 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 1.46 ha · 1 row

FPA-13712

Allanmore

Cromdale · Highland · 9 Sept 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 0.69 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.49 ha · 1 row

FPA-13701

Achahoish Forest

Lochgilphead · Argyll and Bute · 7 Sept 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 56.76 ha · 18 rows Restocking · 37.03 ha · 11 rows

FPA-13700

Bute Community Woodland

Port Bannatyne · Argyll and Bute · 7 Sept 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 2.80 ha · 1 row

FPA-13692

Laoigh Glen Dam

Sandbank · Argyll and Bute · 31 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row

FPA-13690

Effgill

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 27 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 2.50 ha · 1 row

FPA-13689

Airyhemming

Dunragit · Dumfries and Galloway · 26 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 2.79 ha · 7 rows Restocking · 0.73 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13682

Milton of Buntait

Glenurquhart · Highland · 21 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.15 ha · 1 row

FPA-13679

Elliothead Farm

Bridge of Earn · Perth and Kinross · 19 Aug 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 0.11 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13676

Glenkerran

Campbeltown · Argyll and Bute · 19 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 15.76 ha · 1 row Restocking · 16.19 ha · 1 row

FPA-13667

Birchfield

Whitebridge · Highland · 18 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 8.30 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13665

Marigold

Duns · Scottish Borders · 17 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13662

Bowdenmoor & Broomilees Farm

Bowden · Scottish Borders · 14 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 2.90 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.89 ha · 1 row

FPA-13657

Torinturk, South Knapdale

Tarbert · Argyll and Bute · 13 Aug 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 70.1 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 35.05 ha · 1 row

FPA-13652

Ardoe

Aberdeen · Aberdeenshire · 12 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.15 ha · 1 row

FPA-13645

Longford Sandys Wood

Breich · West Lothian · 6 Aug 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.19 ha · 1 row

FPA-13639

Ravenscleugh

Lockerbie · Dumfries and Galloway · 4 Aug 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.80 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.85 ha · 1 row

FPA-13635

Castlehill Wood

Lockerbie · Dumfries and Galloway · 3 Aug 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 0.59 ha · 1 row

FPA-13631

Dochart Forest Cpt 2

Killin · Stirling · 31 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.76 ha · 1 row Restocking · 2.52 ha · 1 row

FPA-13630

Dochart Forest

Killin · Stirling · 30 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 3.70 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 3.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13628

Balmacara Woodland Park

Balmacara · Highland · 30 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 1.06 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13625

Esslemont

Ellon · Aberdeenshire · 29 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 6.07 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 6.07 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13624

Biffie

Old Deer · Aberdeenshire · 29 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 1.63 ha · 1 row

FPA-13623

Chesters Estate Woodlands

Ancrum · Scottish Borders · 29 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.50 ha · 1 row

FPA-13622

Glenlivet Estate

Tomintoul · Aberdeenshire · 29 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 0.71 ha · 1 row

These figures come from the detailed forms attached to felling applications. Woodland-creation grant records do not currently expose species-level fields in Standingwire. Figures are proposals rather than completed work; thinning rows are excluded from felling totals.