Drumbrae
Drumbrae is the first of several sites where we will create woodland and improve open habitats. We are doing this to mitigate our carbon emissions from unavoidable travel while benefitting nature. View maps, check the timeline and tell us what you think in our survey.
Vanessa McCorquodale, Community and Student Engagement Manager - Forest and Peatland Team, and Dr Matt Bell, Senior Lecturer and Honours Programme Organiser in Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, explain why the University is restoring nature at Drumbrae. Music by Jack McKenzie. One minute, 36 seconds.
Woodland creation at Drumbrae
The public consultation is now closed. You can still email your views to us, but they will not form part of the official consultation results. Please email SRS.Department@ed.ac.uk.
The University of Edinburgh has purchased 431 hectares of land at Drumbrae. The land is in the Ochils, near the city of Stirling, north of Bridge of Allan. It sits in the Stirling Local Authority Area.
We'd like to increase biodiversity on the site by creating woodland and improving open habitats, and wish to consult you on our plans.
A new Land Management Plan has been produced to map out and guide what we will do at Drumbrae. It covers:
- woodland creation
- increasing biodiversity
- engaging with local communities, local to the site and internally at the University of Edinburgh.
Review the plans
What we're doing in 2022 and 2023
We will review feedback from stakeholder engagement and incorporate this into the Plan where possible.
The Plan will then be submitted to the regulator, Scottish Forestry, for approval.
Winter 2022 to spring 2023
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Survey and analyse the site
Spring 2023
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Begin to plan and survey the site including social, silvicultural and conservation aims
- Early community engagement
Summer 2023
- Early community engagement survey closes and this webpage will be updated with survey results
- Formal consultation with the local community and other statutory stakeholders on a draft Plan
- Update the Land Management Plan following the consultation with communities
Autumn and winter 2023
- Seek approval from Scottish Forestry
- As part of the approval process, the Plan will also be placed on Scottish Forestry’s public register for 28 days where you will also have the opportunity to comment
Winter 2023
- Land Management Plan is formally approved by Scottish Forestry
- Following approval, the final Plan, consultation results and next steps will be shared with communities, on this webpage and in-person meetings
We have collated some popular themes from the early engagement survey in this word cloud. 79 responses were received in total.
Get in touch
To contact us, please email us using our contact details below. Please state that you wish to speak with the Forest and Peatland team in your message.
General enquiries
- Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 651 3000
- Email: SRS.Department@ed.ac.uk
- @edsust
Address
- Street
Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability
The Boilerhouse
High School Yards- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH1 1LT
Cover image: Photo taken by Tom Wade, Airborne Research and Innovation Facility, University of Edinburgh