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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-13469

Cairnfauld TLC

DURRIS · Aberdeenshire · 12 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.85 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.38 ha · 1 row

FPA-13467

Tiendside Burn Cottage (Buccleuch)

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 12 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.03 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13464

Hall Gill

Wishaw · North Lanarkshire · 8 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.18 ha · 1 row

FPA-13463

Ladyhall Plantation

Ruthwell · Dumfries and Galloway · 8 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 19.7 ha · 1 row Restocking · 13.18 ha · 1 row

FPA-13461

BMF Group - Mountblairy Trust

Forgue Huntly · Aberdeenshire · 7 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 13.87 ha · 7 rows Restocking · 9.49 ha · 1 row

FPA-13457

Halmyre

West Linton · Scottish Borders · 5 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.26 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13452

Luing Estate

Blackmill Bay · Argyll and Bute · 1 May 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.70 ha · 1 row

FPA-13446

Lee Pen wood

Innerleithen · Scottish Borders · 29 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.47 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 0.18 ha · 1 row

FPA-13444

Queensberry Est Lagrae Wood

Kirkconnel · Dumfries and Galloway · 29 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 14.74 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 11.72 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13442

Tanlawhill Farm

Eskdalemuir · Dumfries and Galloway · 28 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.92 ha · 1 row

FPA-13436

Dounie House

Tayvallich · Argyll and Bute · 27 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 7.07 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13430

Redstones Wood

Eaglesfield · Dumfries and Galloway · 23 Apr 2026

Expired

Felling · 0.25 ha · 1 row

FPA-13427

Aultmore

Buckie · Moray · 22 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 13.43 ha · 1 row Restocking · 2.52 ha · 1 row

FPA-13423

Fishwick Farm

Paxton · Scottish Borders · 21 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.30 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13422

South Craig

Hollybush · South Ayrshire · 20 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.74 ha · 5 rows Restocking · 3.22 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13421

Easter Aberchalder Estate

Inverness · Highland · 20 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.21 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13416

FLS South Strome

Stromeferry · Highland · 16 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 93.0 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13412

Gateshaw Farm

Morebattle · Scottish Borders · 15 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.44 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 0.33 ha · 1 row

FPA-13411

Crookedstane Craig

Elvanfoot · South Lanarkshire · 15 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 12.15 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 8.99 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13410

Leanachan Forest

Fort William · Highland · 15 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 206.96 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 4.96 ha · 1 row

FPA-13408

Bowhill Estate (Huntley Hill)

Selkirk · Scottish Borders · 14 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.52 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13407

Wardlaw Farm

Ettrick · Scottish Borders · 14 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.56 ha · 1 row

FPA-13405

Lindores Farm

Lindores · Fife · 14 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.05 ha · 1 row

FPA-13404

Mains of Fedderate

Maud · Aberdeenshire · 13 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.47 ha · 1 row Restocking · 2.17 ha · 1 row

FPA-13402

Bowhill Estate (Hutlerburn)

Selkirk · Scottish Borders · 13 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.29 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.