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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-13618

Muiredge

Bonkle · North Lanarkshire · 27 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 19.11 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 13.39 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13615

Mouswald Grange

Dumfries · Dumfries and Galloway · 27 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 17.5 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 14.5 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13614

Archbank Forest

Moffat · Dumfries and Galloway · 24 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 25.93 ha · 1 row Restocking · 16.55 ha · 1 row

FPA-13608

Raeburn Complex

Eskdalemuir · Dumfries and Galloway · 21 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.08 ha · 1 row

FPA-13606

Cleugh Head

Bonchester Bridge · Scottish Borders · 20 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 3.50 ha · 1 row Restocking · 3.43 ha · 1 row

FPA-13603

Clunie Cottage

Dalguise · Perth and Kinross · 17 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13602

Addinston

Oxton · Scottish Borders · 17 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

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

FPA-13601

Melgers

Newburgh · Fife · 16 Jul 2026

Open For Comment

Felling · 3.90 ha · 7 rows Restocking · 3.84 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13594

Torsonce Wood

Stow · Scottish Borders · 14 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.27 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13592

Bankhead

Kirkton of Auchterless · Aberdeenshire · 13 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 2.59 ha · 7 rows Restocking · 2.59 ha · 7 rows

FPA-13588

Blackburn and Hartsgarth Estate

Newcastleton · Scottish Borders · 10 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.70 ha · 1 row

FPA-13587

Barnsoul Woodlands

Shawhead · Dumfries and Galloway · 10 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.29 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13586

Redburn Farms

Oldmedrum · Aberdeenshire · 10 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 4.19 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13583

Kinardochy Substation

Tummel bridge · Perth and Kinross · 9 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13582

High Lossit

Campbeltown · Argyll and Bute · 8 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 4.57 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 1.78 ha · 1 row

FPA-13581

Tynron Doon, Queensberry Estate

Penpont · Dumfries and Galloway · 8 Jul 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.35 ha · 1 row

FPA-13579

Dere Street

Fala · East Lothian · 6 Jul 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 37.51 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 23.98 ha · 6 rows

FPA-13567

Larchgrove

Balerno · Edinburgh City · 29 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.02 ha · 1 row

FPA-13565

Welbeck Estate

Helmsdale · Highland · 29 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.60 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13563

Tannylaggie (National Forest Est)

Newton Stewart · Dumfries and Galloway · 29 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 99.65 ha · 9 rows Restocking · 2.69 ha · 1 row

FPA-13559

Branxholm & Drinkstone (Pilmuir Rig)

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 25 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 11.42 ha · 7 rows

FPA-13558

The Hopes

Gifford · East Lothian · 24 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 0.80 ha · 1 row

FPA-13557

Tewsgill

Abington · South Lanarkshire · 23 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 15.33 ha · 1 row Restocking · 10.01 ha · 1 row

FPA-13554

Grennan Moss

Whauphill · Dumfries and Galloway · 22 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 36.2 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 19.74 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13553

Glenkindie

Towie · Aberdeenshire · 22 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 4.13 ha · 5 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.