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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-13121

Chapelhope Farm

Selkirk · Scottish Borders · 6 Jan 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.35 ha · 1 row

FPA-13120

Hyndlee Forest

Chesters · Scottish Borders · 6 Jan 2026

Approved

Felling · 14.8 ha · 1 row Restocking · 9.55 ha · 1 row

FPA-13118

Dry Arch ST 29h & i

Pitcairngreen · Perth and Kinross · 5 Jan 2026

Approved

Restocking · 1.05 ha · 1 row

FPA-13117

Winterhope Reservoir

Lockerbie · Dumfries and Galloway · 5 Jan 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row

FPA-13116

Carron Valley Community Woodland

Denny · North Lanarkshire · 5 Jan 2026

Approved

Restocking · 1.72 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13114

Airds Estate

Port Appin · Argyll and Bute · 5 Jan 2026

Approved

Restocking · 0.02 ha · 1 row

FPA-13112

Borders North

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 5 Jan 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.61 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13110

Meall Mhor

Tarbert · Argyll and Bute · 29 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 87.92 ha · 16 rows Restocking · 21.88 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13107

Muirhouselaw Farm

St Boswells · Scottish Borders · 23 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.00 ha · 1 row

FPA-13105

Mid Knock Forest

Bentpath · Dumfries and Galloway · 19 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.47 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.47 ha · 1 row

FPA-13104

Crowmallie

Inverurie · Aberdeenshire · 19 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.17 ha · 1 row

FPA-13103

Eldrick North

Barrhill · South Ayrshire · 18 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 31.44 ha · 32 rows Restocking · 20.4 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13101

Kirndean

Newcastleton · Scottish Borders · 18 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 4.35 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13097

Craigmyle Estate

TORPHINS · Aberdeenshire · 17 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.11 ha · 1 row

FPA-13096

Rhindbuckie Wood

Banchory · Aberdeenshire · 16 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 16.33 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 16.31 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13093

Slogarie Estate

Mossdale · Dumfries and Galloway · 16 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13088

Dunecht Estates

Westhill · Aberdeenshire · 15 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 7.93 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 3.75 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13087

Woodlea

Blainslie · Scottish Borders · 15 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.25 ha · 1 row

FPA-13083

Suisgill

Kinbrace · Highland · 12 Dec 2025

Approved

Restocking · 21.55 ha · 1 row

FPA-13082

Aryburn Farm

Dyce · Aberdeen City · 11 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.03 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.23 ha · 1 row

FPA-13078

Raecleuch

Moffat · Dumfries and Galloway · 10 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 16.17 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 8.55 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13076

Glentarkie Forest

Abernethy · Perth and Kinross · 9 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 22.98 ha · 8 rows Restocking · 20.47 ha · 9 rows

FPA-13070

The Hermitage

Dunkeld · Perth and Kinross · 8 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.25 ha · 1 row

FPA-13069

Cushat

New Abbey · Dumfries and Galloway · 8 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.78 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 4.44 ha · 1 row

FPA-13068

Barrahorrmid – Tayvallich Estate

Tayvallich · Argyll and Bute · 8 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 7.91 ha · 4 rows

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.