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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-13401

Glenquaich Estate

Amulree · Perth and Kinross · 13 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.53 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13399

Bowhill Estate

Selkirk · Scottish Borders · 13 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.51 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13398

Cauldholm Farm

Moffat · Dumfries and Galloway · 13 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.33 ha · 1 row

FPA-13397

Slipperfield

West Linton · Scottish Borders · 13 Apr 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 2.11 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 2.78 ha · 1 row

FPA-13395

Minto

Minto · Scottish Borders · 10 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 5.97 ha · 3 rows Restocking · 5.78 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13394

Garfwaterhead Forest

Rigside · South Lanarkshire · 10 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 23.56 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 13.07 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13392

Dryfehead

Lockerbie · Dumfries and Galloway · 10 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 5.57 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 3.62 ha · 1 row

FPA-13391

Kirkton Farm

Hawick · Scottish Borders · 9 Apr 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 10.51 ha · 14 rows Restocking · 8.08 ha · 9 rows

FPA-13385

Dalbeattie Sawmill

Dalbeattie · Dumfries and Galloway · 8 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.84 ha · 1 row Restocking · 1.70 ha · 1 row

FPA-13383

Barchain Forest

Dalbeattie · Dumfries and Galloway · 7 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.07 ha · 4 rows Restocking · 3.98 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13379

Bluebell Lodge

Stanley · Perth and Kinross · 1 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.59 ha · 1 row

FPA-13378

Douglaswood

Dundee · Perth and Kinross · 1 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.20 ha · 1 row

FPA-13377

Duncrub Wood

Dunning · Perth and Kinross · 1 Apr 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.30 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13374

Saline Shaw Estate

Saline · Fife · 31 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 1.27 ha · 1 row

FPA-13373

Langton

Duns · Scottish Borders · 31 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 5.15 ha · 9 rows Restocking · 1.77 ha · 5 rows

FPA-13372

Drumscallan

Whauphill · Dumfries and Galloway · 31 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 3.51 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13369

Langwell

Strath Oykel · Highland · 30 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.66 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 3.76 ha · 4 rows

FPA-13368

East Mains

Lauder · Scottish Borders · 30 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.25 ha · 1 row Restocking · 0.05 ha · 1 row

FPA-13363

Wester Craggan

Grantown on Spey · Highland · 27 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.10 ha · 1 row

FPA-13361

Bowhill

Selkirk · Scottish Borders · 25 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.57 ha · 2 rows

FPA-13360

Mayfield

Castle Douglas · Dumfries and Galloway · 25 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 0.64 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 1.00 ha · 3 rows

FPA-13359

Rothiemay House

Huntly · Aberdeenshire · 25 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.40 ha · 1 row

FPA-13358

Dyke Forest

Straiton · South Ayrshire · 25 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 2.03 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 1.68 ha · 1 row

FPA-13357

Nicolswalls

Denny · Falkirk · 24 Mar 2026

Approved

Felling · 7.67 ha · 2 rows Restocking · 5.87 ha · 1 row

FPA-13356

Benarty House

Kelty · Fife · 24 Mar 2026

Under Consideration

Felling · 4.30 ha · 5 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.