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FPA-12223

Gills Wood Bieldside - Aberdeen

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • FO - Felling Individual Trees

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

Register grid reference: NJ877032 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Gills Wood
Nearest town
Bieldside - Aberdeen
Local authority
Aberdeen City Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ877032
Total area
0.10 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 February 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 February 2025
  3. Consultation opens 13 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 13 March 2025
  5. Decision issued 3 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-12223

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2025
Felling area
0.1 ha
Estimated volume
470 m³
Proposed restocking
0.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

BeechScots pineSycamore

Proposed restocking species

HawthornHollyRowanWild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Felling Individual Trees Beech 0.03 ha 70 yr 68 400 m³ n/a
1 Felling Individual Trees Scots pine 0.03 ha 70 yr 8 40 m³ n/a
1 Felling Individual Trees Sycamore 0.03 ha 50 yr 9 30 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1 Replant felled area Rowan 8.33% 0.03 ha 2,560 — —
1 Replant felled area Wild cherry (Gean) 8.33% 0.03 ha 2,560 — —
1 Replant felled area Hawthorn 8.33% 0.03 ha 2,560 — —
1 Replant felled area Holly 8.33% 0.03 ha 2,560 — —

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-10528 Gills Wood Bieldside Aberdeen Location

Bieldside Aberdeen

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 106 m away Area 1 ha Decision issued
FPA-8334 Gills Wood, Bieldside (Adjacent to Earlspark Cres, Bieldside) Location

Bieldside, Aberdeen

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 106 m away Area 1 ha Decision issued
FLA02135 Trees adjacent to Earlspark Rd, Bieldside Location

Bieldside, Aberdeen

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 106 m away Area 0.45 ha Decision issued
FLA01018 Adjacent Earlspark Road Location

Bieldside

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 106 m away Area 0.45 ha Decision issued
FPA-9743 Ladyhill House Location

Cults

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 726 m away Area 0.3 ha Decision issued

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
17FGS20617 Westfield Native Woodland Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 10.04 ha Approved
17FGS19897 South Lasts Woodland Creation Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 3.9 km away Area 8.29 ha Approved
18FGS26698 Contlaw Wood Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 4.3 km away Area 3.7 ha Approved
24FGS78479 Burnhead Orchard Location

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 5.4 km away Area 0 ha Key date Not published
19FGS40143 Land at Craigentath Location

KINCARDINESHIRE

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.4 km away Area 1.85 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

Within 10 km

Duffs Hill Wood Portlethen, Aberdeenshire £200,000 34.5 ha 5.7 km away Under offer

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded listing points.

Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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