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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-11455

Denlethen Wood

Laurencekirk · Aberdeenshire · 22 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 12.78 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 7.89 ha · 1 row

FPA-11453

Oxenfoord Estate

Fala Dam · Midlothian · 21 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.26 ha · 1 row

FPA-11451

Darnhall Farm

Eddleston · Scottish Borders · 20 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 1.11 ha · 2 rows

FPA-11450

Coille Beithe East Forest

Rosehall · Highland · 20 Mar 2024

Approved

Felling · 5.83 ha · 2 rows

FPA-11449

Knockinaam

Portpatrick · Dumfries and Galloway · 20 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 11.54 ha · 1 row Restocking · 8.60 ha · 1 row

FPA-11448

Jahama Highland Estates

Laggan · Highland · 20 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 7.75 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 5.95 ha · 2 rows

FPA-11445

Dell Farm

Inverness · Highland · 20 Mar 2024

Approved

Felling · 1.14 ha · 4 rows

FPA-11444

Upper Barr

Corsock · Dumfries and Galloway · 20 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 5.44 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 4.38 ha · 2 rows

FPA-11443

Raecleugh Steading

Westruther · Scottish Borders · 20 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row

FPA-11440

Taeblair Farm

Munlochy · Highland · 18 Mar 2024

Approved

Felling · 6.16 ha · 3 rows

FPA-11439

Great Hill Woodlands

Stobo · Scottish Borders · 18 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.25 ha · 1 row

FPA-11438

Balmars Woods

Ancrum · Scottish Borders · 18 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.70 ha · 1 row

FPA-11436

Balmars House

Ancrum · Scottish Borders · 18 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.13 ha · 1 row

FPA-11434

Bow Farm

Stow · Scottish Borders · 18 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.68 ha · 1 row

FPA-11432

Kingswell North

Fenwick · East Ayrshire · 18 Mar 2024

Approved

Felling · 16.28 ha · 4 rows

FPA-11430

Strathspey Estate

Grantown · Highland · 18 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 1.15 ha · 1 row

FPA-11427

Melrose Golf Club

Melrose · Scottish Borders · 15 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 8.14 ha · 5 rows

FPA-11422

Achentoul Estate

Edderton · Highland · 14 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 8.48 ha · 12 rows

FPA-11421

Birkenhill

Elgin · Moray · 14 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.40 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-11419

North Sorrowlessfield Farm

Earlston · Scottish Borders · 14 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 2.47 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.98 ha · 1 row

FPA-11416

Auchmaud Cottage

Ellon · Aberdeenshire · 12 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.47 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.35 ha · 1 row

FPA-11414

Strowan

Crieff · Perth and Kinross · 12 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 0.20 ha · 1 row

FPA-11413

Nether Kypeside Farm

Lesmahagow · South Lanarkshire · 12 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 7.84 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 7.84 ha · 5 rows

FPA-11409

Burgie Farm & Estate

Forres · Moray · 8 Mar 2024

Approved

Felling · 23.81 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 17.5 ha · 2 rows

FPA-11408

Montquhanie Estate

Cupar, Fife · Fife · 8 Mar 2024

Expired

Felling · 1.74 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 3.66 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.