FOI/202200324207 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Restocking conditions associated with felling permission FPA-9431: EIR release
Information requested
Provide the restocking conditions associated with felling permission FPA-9431 (Granite City Forest Carnie Wood).
Response
As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request. The restocking of this site is conditioned under FPA-9431 as follows: 1. Site Preparation Conditions The land on which felling took place, or the agreed alternative area, must be cleared, drained and prepared, as required, to allow restocking as specified in Table 2. 2. Restocking Conditions Table 2 below details the restocking specification for each of the felled areas. You must restock all felled areas as detailed in Table 2. Restocking must be completed by 30-Jun-2025. Table 2: Restocking Operations
Felling site / Cpt Restocking proposal Species % of Site Area (Ha) Density (stems/Ha) 1 RF-Replant felled area Norway spruce 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area Scots pine 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area European larch 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area Silver birch 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area Rowan 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area Wild cherry (Gean) 15.00 0.56 2500 1 RF-Replant felled area Mixed Broadleaves 5.00 0.19 1600 1 OG-Create Designed Open Ground 5.00 0.19 0
3. Maintenance Conditions For a period of 10 years from the restocking date the trees must be protected from all damage and weeded adequately to allow effective establishment. Failures or losses must be replaced as necessary to maintain a stocking density not less than is specified in Table 2, evenly distributed across the site. 4. Other Conditions All forestry operations carried out under this permission will be planned and implemented within the scope of the UK Forestry Standard. You will provide a summary to Scottish Forestry of restocking carried out against this permission immediately after the works have been carried out, or by the restocking deadline in Part 2, whichever is sooner. 5. Additional Conditions No additional conditions specified for this site. Restocking map (not to scale) See attachment. About FOI
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Detected exemption language
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes.
