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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-13552

High Boreland, Tongland

Kirkcudbright · Dumfries and Galloway · 22 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.24 ha · 1 row

FPA-13551

Grey Hill

Langholm · Dumfries and Galloway · 19 Jun 2026

Approved

Restocking · 10.0 ha · 1 row

FPA-13550

Dalinlongart North

Sandbank · Argyll and Bute · 19 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 0.21 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 0.13 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13547

Upper Stepford Farm Woods

Dumfries · Dumfries and Galloway · 18 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.05 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13543

Kirklands

Innerleithen · Scottish Borders · 17 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.04 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.04 ha · 1 row

FPA-13542

Craignavie

Killin · Stirling · 17 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.36 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 0.36 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13541

Craighead Forest

Alyth · Perth and Kinross · 17 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 36.07 ha · 1 row Restocking · 23.44 ha · 1 row

FPA-13539

Falla

Oxnam · Scottish Borders · 16 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.67 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13538

Biggarshiels Farm

Biggar · South Lanarkshire · 16 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.75 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 3.86 ha · 1 row

FPA-13535

Glenapp Estate

Ballantrae · South Ayrshire · 16 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 7.35 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 5.40 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13534

Comar Wood

Beauly · Highland · 16 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.85 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13533

Maberry Wood

Barhill · South Ayrshire · 12 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.33 ha · 1 row

FPA-13532

Cree Wood

Barhill · South Ayrshire · 12 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.98 ha · 1 row

FPA-13529

Ardargie

Ardargie · Perth and Kinross · 11 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.73 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13526

Chraad & Longhill

Tarland · Aberdeenshire · 10 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.40 ha · 1 row

FPA-13524

Redwells Farm

Kilwinning · East Ayrshire · 10 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 4.83 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 11.24 ha · 11 rows

FPA-13523

Boon Plantation

Lauder · Scottish Borders · 9 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 36.32 ha · 1 row Restocking · 26.37 ha · 1 row

FPA-13520

South Balkeith Farm

Tain · Highland · 9 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.68 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13519

Aulton of Atherb

Maud · Aberdeenshire · 9 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 2.31 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13517

Dunecht Estates -Cormoir Wood

Banchory · Aberdeenshire · 8 Jun 2026

Approved

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

FPA-13515

Fortissat Mains Farm

Salsburgh · North Lanarkshire · 8 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 5.44 ha · 1 row Restocking · 3.26 ha · 1 row

FPA-13514

West Forth Farm

Forth · South Lanarkshire · 8 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.98 ha · 1 row Restocking · 2.17 ha · 1 row

FPA-13513

Myredykes Forest

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 8 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 23.83 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 21.38 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13509

Moorpark of Barr

Newton Stewart · Dumfries and Galloway · 5 Jun 2026

Approved

Felling · 11.4 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 6.32 ha · 1 row

FPA-13508

Pitmain & Glenbanchor Estate

Kingussie · Highland · 4 Jun 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 7.00 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.