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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-12298

Roxburghe Estates

Yetholm · Scottish Borders · 25 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.98 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.40 ha · 1 row

FPA-12295

Buchtrigg

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 25 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.75 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 1.55 ha · 5 rows

FPA-12294

Wild Oak Woods

Dalbeattie · Dumfries and Galloway · 24 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.92 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 1.07 ha · 1 row

FPA-12289

Arbourlaw

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 21 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.23 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 1.18 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12288

Greenwood Estate

Kilchrenan · Argyll and Bute · 21 Feb 2025

Expired

Felling · 8.31 ha · 6 rows Restocking · 7.31 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12285

Glensone

Dalbeattie · Dumfries and Galloway · 20 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 3.68 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 2.59 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12283

Roxburghe Estates

Sprouston · Scottish Borders · 20 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.93 ha · 1 row

FPA-12281

Roxburghe Estates

Heiton · Scottish Borders · 19 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.75 ha · 1 row

FPA-12280

Bannachra Muir

Helensburgh · Argyll and Bute · 19 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 13.74 ha · 1 row Restocking · 8.76 ha · 1 row

FPA-12278

Keltonhill Farm

Castle Douglas · Dumfries and Galloway · 19 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.96 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 1.41 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12277

Coupers Wood

Fettercairn · Aberdeenshire · 19 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.50 ha · 1 row

FPA-12275

Muirhead Farm

Rosemarkie · Highland · 19 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.95 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12273

Cairnies Woodland

Glenalmond · Perth and Kinross · 18 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 6.45 ha · 6 rows Restocking · 5.65 ha · 4 rows

FPA-12272

West Woods

Dyce · Aberdeenshire · 18 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.92 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 1.77 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12270

Bowhill Estate

Yarrowford · Scottish Borders · 18 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 8.59 ha · 9 rows Restocking · 6.40 ha · 1 row

FPA-12269

FINDRACK

Lumphanan · Aberdeenshire · 18 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.23 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 1.00 ha · 1 row

FPA-12265

Corsehope

Heriot · Scottish Borders · 17 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.03 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12264

North Laws Plantation

Duns · Scottish Borders · 17 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.16 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.85 ha · 1 row

FPA-12260

Halmyre

West Linton · Scottish Borders · 17 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 2.60 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12258

Swinside Forest

Oxnam · Scottish Borders · 14 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 38.45 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 27.38 ha · 1 row

FPA-12257

Curling Pond Wood, Langholm Est

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 14 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 1.80 ha · 2 rows

FPA-12251

Nether Kypeside Farm

Lesmahagow · South Lanarkshire · 12 Feb 2025

Expired

Felling · 1.12 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 1.12 ha · 3 rows

FPA-12248

Fanans Forest

Taynuilt · Argyll and Bute · 12 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 14.43 ha · 1 row Restocking · 15.28 ha · 1 row

FPA-12247

Darnhall Farm

Eddleston · Scottish Borders · 12 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 0.07 ha · 1 row

FPA-12245

ACC Hazelhead

Aberdeen · Aberdeenshire · 11 Feb 2025

Approved

Felling · 7.11 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 6.94 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.