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CB62431

Mormond Hill

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Mormond Hill
Nearest town
Fraserburgh
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ981573

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 17 May 2012
  3. Consultation opens 18 May 2012
  4. Consultation closes 15 June 2012
  5. Decision issued 16 July 2012

Area

Total area
8.80 ha
Conifer
8.80 ha

Official source

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CB62431

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 981 572

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 182

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Durnhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from quartzites and quartzose grits
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky with some scree
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Durnhill · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.