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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-13067

Baluntonhill

Bargrennan · Dumfries and Galloway · 8 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.97 ha · 1 row

FPA-13066

Dere Street

Fala · East Lothian · 8 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.16 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13065

Geddes Farm, Castle Findlay

Nairn · Highland · 5 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.33 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.33 ha · 1 row

FPA-13064

Glenbervie Estate

Laurencekirk · Aberdeenshire · 4 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.40 ha · 1 row

FPA-13063

Durris - Cairnfauld

Banchory · Aberdeenshire · 4 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 5.78 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 2.54 ha · 1 row

FPA-13061

Pickston and Drumcairn

Glenfarg · Perth and Kinross · 4 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.10 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 4.52 ha · 6 rows

FPA-13058

West Touxhill

New Deer · Aberdeenshire · 2 Dec 2025

Under Consideration

Felling · 22.09 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 14.87 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13057

Devenick Forest

Maryculter · Aberdeenshire · 2 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 4.12 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.96 ha · 1 row

FPA-13045

Andrewsknowes - Langholm Estate

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 1 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 8.29 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 6.53 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13043

Harelawpike Langholm Estate

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 1 Dec 2025

Approved

Felling · 10.98 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 7.14 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13040

Pitlochry Estate

Pitlochry · Perth and Kinross · 26 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.49 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 0.38 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13035

The Haining

Kilbirnie · North Ayrshire · 25 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 7.00 ha · 1 row

FPA-13031

Barstibly Farm

Castle Douglas · Dumfries and Galloway · 24 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.28 ha · 1 row

FPA-13030

Barr Wood

Denny · Falkirk · 24 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 3.01 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13026

Cawdor Wood

Cawdor · Highland · 21 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.00 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13025

Langholm Est - Eskbank

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 21 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 5.58 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 4.67 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13024

Burn of Sheeoch Cpt 6

Banchory · Aberdeenshire · 20 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 31.58 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 20.58 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13023

Langholm Est - Outer Woodhead

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 20 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 8.17 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 5.74 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13022

Drybrow

Canonbie · Dumfries and Galloway · 20 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.92 ha · 1 row

FPA-13021

Pitgaveny

Lossiemouth · Moray · 19 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.01 ha · 1 row

FPA-13020

Greenlaw Farm

Banff · Aberdeenshire · 19 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.90 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13019

Midgehope & Glenkerry

Ettrick · Scottish Borders · 19 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 52.81 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 34.3 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13018

Hillsgill

Liberton · South Lanarkshire · 19 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 12.04 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13016

Pitcairlie Wood

Newburgh · Fife · 18 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 20.0 ha · 1 row

FPA-13011

West Buccleuch Forest

Ettrick · Scottish Borders · 17 Nov 2025

Approved

Felling · 39.03 ha · 1 row Restocking · 16.67 ha · 2 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.