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FPA-12372

Rattray Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • CF - Clear Felling
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NK092561 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Rattray Estate Woods - Storm Arwen
Nearest town
St. Fergus
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NK092561
Total area
0.38 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 18 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 15 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 14 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 22 April 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12372

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window
24 Mar 2025 – 24 Mar 2027
Felling area
0.38 ha
Estimated volume
1,189 m³
Thinning area
21.57 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
0.38 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleavesScots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
41c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.32 ha 80 yr 192 77 m³ None
41c Clear Felling Scots pine 0.04 ha 80 yr 24 10 m³ None
41c Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.02 ha 80 yr 4 2 m³ None

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
19 Sycamore 4.31 ha 260 m³
19 Beech 1.47 ha 60 m³
19 Mixed broadleaves 0.43 ha 10 m³
41a Ash 1.53 ha 90 m³
41a Lime 1.53 ha 90 m³
41a Sycamore 7.68 ha 453 m³
41a Mixed broadleaves 2.31 ha 90 m³
41a Sitka spruce 1.53 ha 37 m³
41a Scots pine 0.78 ha 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
41c Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 78.95% 0.3 ha 1,600 — —
41c Replant felled area Scots pine 21.05% 0.08 ha 1,600 — —

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Surrounding forestry activity

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Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-10319 Rattray Estate -Windblow Location

St Fergus

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 541 m away Area 0.93 ha Decision issued
FPA-8395 Newseat Location

St Fergus

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.8 km away Area 2.39 ha Decision issued
CB19773 Kintail Gardens Location

Crimond

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 3.2 km away Area 0.43 ha Decision issued
FPA-6793 Loch of Strathbeg Location

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 4.1 km away Area 2.8 ha Decision issued
FLA02317 Loch of Strathbeg Location

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 4.1 km away Area 2.8 ha Decision issued

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Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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