Making changes to approved felling permissions

Before you request a variation to your felling permission, get in touch with your local Scottish Forestry office. Some changes may not need a formal request.

You can request to vary your entire felling permission or just the conditions. 

We will consider your variation request if:

• your plans change before felling starts

• you discover significant on-site differences that would affect your plans

If your request includes major changes, you may need to complete a new felling permission application.

Fill out an application to change your felling permission. When you finish, submit it to your local office.

We will consider requests to vary the conditions of your felling permission, such as:

• restocking proposals
• maintenance proposals

For example, you may choose to restore part or all of the site as part of a peatland restoration project.

We can also extend the compliance date of a condition. For example, if you use Forest Research's Hylobius Management Support System (MSS) to show that a longer fallow period improves the restocking outcome.

Forest Research's Hylobius Management Support System (MSS)

Fill out an application to change or revoke a condition on your felling permission. Then submit it to your local office.

Application to vary a condition