Contacting Scottish Forestry

Scottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulations.

However, if your enquiry, request, comment or complaint relates to Scotland's national forests and land, you should instead contact Forestry and Land Scotland.

Scottish Forestry Edinburgh office

NEW ADDRESS - Please note as of 17 July Scottish Forestry relocated its Edinburgh/National Office to Saughton House.

Scottish Forestry
Saughton House
Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
EH11 3XD

Phone: 0131 370 5250
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Contacting Scottish Forestry's Conservancy Offices

Appointments can be made to all Conservancy offices via phone or email, details of which are in the directory below.

If your call is diverted to an answer machine, please leave your name, contact number and brief details of your query and we will call you back within two working days. 

Our teams are not always in the office. We encourage you to book an appointment to help us ensure a relevant member of our team is available to help with your enquiry.

You can also view maps of our local offices.

Frequently requested information

Felling permission forms

Grant request forms

Map of our Conservancies


Highland and Islands Conservancy

'Woodlands'
Fodderty Way
Dingwall
Ross-shire
IV15 9XB

Conservator: Neil Murray

Phone: 0300 067 6950
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Grampian Conservancy

Portsoy Road
Huntly
AB54 4SJ

Conservator: Steven Hutcheon

Phone: 0300 067 6210
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Central Scotland Conservancy

Bothwell House
Hamilton Business Park, Caird Park
Hamilton
ML3 0QA

Conservator: Keith Wishart

Phone: 0300 067 6006
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Perth and Argyll Conservancy

Upper Battleby
Redgorton
Perth
PH1 3EN

Conservator: Cameron Maxwell

Phone: 0300 067 6005
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South Scotland Conservancy

55/57 Moffat Road
Dumfries
DG1 1NP

Conservator: Doug Howieson

Phone: 0300 067 6500
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Selkirk

Weavers Court
Forest Mill
Selkirk
TD7 5NY

Conservator: Doug Howieson

Phone: 0300 067 6007
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Make a grants enquiry

Contact your local office for grants enquires (see contact details above).

Make a Geographic Information Services (GIS) enquiry

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make a GIS enquiry.

Make a finance enquiry

Our account details for the payment of invoices by BACS/CHAPS are:             

Bank name and address: NatWest Bank
Account name: Scottish Forestry
Sort Code: 60-70-80
Account number: 10019138
IBAN number: GB46NWBK60708010019138 
BIC number: NWBKGB2L 
VAT number: GB 888 842 551

All payments should be clearly identified to enable prompt payment to your account. 

Purchase orders for goods/services provided by us should be emailed directly to the supplying local office.

Please email all remittances to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

As we're funded by Scottish Government, we're classed as being an unavoidable creditor and therefore do not need credit references. You can be confident that any valid invoices submitted to us will be paid in full.

Invoices should be addressed and emailed to the relevant office address. We can no longer process payments addressed to our previous organisation of Forestry Commission Scotland.

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for all other finance-related queries.

Make an employment enquiry

Our Human Resources team are provided by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). If you've an HR related enquiry, or if you're a staff member or ex-staff member enquiring about your employment record or pensions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you're interested in working for us, please check our 'Vacancies' web page. To apply for any of our vacancies, please visit our jobs portal.

Make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request

Before you make a request please visit our 'Freedom of information' web page for more information.

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make a FOI request.

Make a media enquiry

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Make a complaint

Please view our 'Complaints' web page for more information.

Make a tree health enquiry

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to report possible new tree pests or diseases. For all other enquiries, including about felling diseased trees, please contact your local office (see contact details including a map of office locations above).