FPA-13624
Biffie
Under Consideration Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Biffie Wood
- Nearest town
- Old Deer
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ969470
Key dates
- Application registered 29 July 2026
- Application accepted 29 July 2026
- Consultation opens 20 August 2026
- Consultation closes 17 September 2026
- Decision issued Not yet
- Restocking due Unknown
Area
- Total area
- 1.63 ha
- Conifer
- 1.63 ha
Official source
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FPA-13624 Find FPA-13624 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.
First archived 21 August 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.
Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Track changes
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Status changed
- From
- Open For Comment
- To
- Under Consideration
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First captured
- Status when first captured
- Open For Comment
Earlier changes may not have been captured.
Forestry operations
Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.
- Felling window
- 1 Aug 2026 – 1 Aug 2027
- Felling area
- 1.63 ha
- Estimated volume
- 650 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 1.63 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 1.63 ha | 60 yr | 3,000 | 650 m³ | — |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Restock by natural regeneration | Beech | 100% | 1.63 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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 968 470
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Brown soils
Map unit 517
Brown earths
- Soil association
- Tarves
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Tarves · 50% Brown earths
- Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
Land Capability for Forestry
F4 Moderate flexibility for trees
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