South East Fife Woods Land Management Plan Consultation
South East Fife Woods Land Management Plan Consultation
The South East Fife Woods Land Management Plan (LMP) covers 420 hectares between Loch Leven and the Firth of Forth. It encompasses the four separate Forestry and Land Scotland landholdings at Benarty, Pitcairn, Cardenden (including South Dundonald Farm), and Cullaloe.
This plan sets out our proposed management for these sites for the next ten years and beyond. Operations proposed over the next ten years include felling, thinning/low-impact management, and woodland creation; all of which are detailed in the documents and maps below.
Consultation and Feedback
Following our public engagement exercise between August and September 2024, the plan has now been submitted to Scottish Forestry for regulatory approval. As part of this process it will be placed on the Scottish Forestry Public Registers for a period of 28 days between the 3rd and the 31st of March 2025. During this time, any unresolved comments or concerns can be raised with Scottish Forestry directly, via the contact details below. Comments raised during our public engagement exercise in 2024, along with our response to these, can be viewed in Appendix I – Public Consultation Record below.
Project timeline
- January 2023 - March 2024: internal scoping, site surveys, and concept development
- March - July 2024: develop draft management proposals for public consultation
- October - November 2024: review of comments and development of final management proposals
- March 2025: LMP placed on Public Register prior to formal approval
- April 2025: review of any Public Register responses and formal approval of the LMP
Documents and Maps
- South East Fife Woods Land Management Plan
- Appendix I: Consultation records
- Appendix II: LMP objective review
- Appendix III: Tree health contingency plans
- Appendix IV: EIA screening opinion request
- Appendix V: Agricultural impact assessment
- Map 1: Location
- Map 2: Landscape
- Map 3: Soils
- Map 4: Climate
- Map 5: Public access and recreation
- Map 6: Environment and heritage
- Map 7: Current species
- Map 8: Analysis
- Map 9: Felling and management coupes
- Map 10: Thinning
- Map 11: Future habitats and species
- Map 12: Restocking
- Map 13: Woodland creation
- Map 14: Tree protection
- Map 15: Roads and timber haulage
Get in touch
If you have any further comments regarding these proposals, please contact Scottish Forestry, Central Scotland Conservancy directly, quoting reference 032/25/04 no later than the 31 March 2025.