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Sitka spruce

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

Applications
1,126

unique across both operation types

Proposed felling
7,413 ha

across 1,077 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 247 1,859.6 -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

1,126 unique felling applications, newest first. Badges show which extracted table contains the species and the attributed area.

FPA-12349

Gilkerscleugh Roadside

Biggar · South Lanarkshire · 11 Mar 2025

Expired

Felling · 0.75 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.44 ha · 1 row

FPA-12348

Minuntion Estate

Barr · South Ayrshire · 11 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.43 ha · 1 row

FPA-12347

Woodhall

Tranent · East Lothian · 11 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.50 ha · 1 row

FPA-12346

Fairgirth

Sandyhills · Dumfries and Galloway · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.16 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.76 ha · 1 row

FPA-12345

Leckmelm Wood

Ullapool · Highland · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.59 ha · 5 rows

FPA-12344

Lothian Estates (CF)

Jedburgh · Scottish Borders · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.90 ha · 4 rows

FPA-12341

Holylee Estate

Walkerburn · Scottish Borders · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.84 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12338

Straiton Farms

Balmullo · Fife · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.88 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 0.61 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12337

Ramsaygrain West Forest

Teviothead · Scottish Borders · 10 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 48.53 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 23.26 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12336

Fornought

Keillour · Perth and Kinross · 7 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 14.21 ha · 12 rows Restocking · 11.08 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12334

East Munday – Cpt 32

Perth · Perth and Kinross · 7 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 6.50 ha · 1 row Restocking · 6.50 ha · 1 row

FPA-12333

Barrwood Scout Camp

Stirling · Stirling · 7 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.09 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 2.09 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12330

Glenapp

Ballantrae · South Ayrshire · 7 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 28.11 ha · 9 rows Restocking · 27.41 ha · 6 rows

FPA-12328

Ballathie Estate

Perth · Perth and Kinross · 6 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 3.83 ha · 1 row

FPA-12326

Dormont Estate

Dalton · Dumfries and Galloway · 6 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.65 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12324

Craigwell

Barr · South Ayrshire · 6 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 13.52 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 11.97 ha · 1 row

FPA-12321

Cairnsmore Estate

Newton Stewart · Dumfries and Galloway · 5 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.33 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.91 ha · 1 row

FPA-12320

Rickarton Farms

Stonehaven · Aberdeenshire · 5 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 4.92 ha · 6 rows Restocking · 24.61 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12316

Andersons Cairn Queensberry Estate

Thornhill · Dumfries and Galloway · 4 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 7.62 ha · 7 rows Restocking · 9.46 ha · 11 rows

FPA-12315

Ghyll & Raggetshaw Woodlands

Annan · Dumfries and Galloway · 4 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.40 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 1.06 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12313

Chapel Mains Farm

Lauder · Scottish Borders · 4 Mar 2025

Approved

Felling · 4.28 ha · 6 rows Restocking · 6.61 ha · 8 rows

FPA-12308

Howpasley Farm

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 27 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 8.03 ha · 1 row

FPA-12306

Cogle Wood Croft

Watten · Highland · 27 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.60 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.07 ha · 1 row

FPA-12302

Mochrum Estate

Port William · Dumfries and Galloway · 26 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 13.2 ha · 4 rows

FPA-12301

Leaston

Humbie · East Lothian · 26 Feb 2025

Approved

Restocking · 0.30 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.