← All felling applications

FPA-11893

Woodend Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Woodend - Storm Arwen
Nearest town
Aberdeen
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ837018

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 September 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 September 2024
  3. Consultation opens 24 February 2025
  4. Consultation closes 23 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 February 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.24 ha
Conifer
0.24 ha

Official source

Copy this reference, then paste it into Case Reference on Scottish Forestry's register.

FPA-11893

Find FPA-11893 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 9 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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

    View data added from the PDF →
  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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 Nov 2024 – 31 Oct 2026
Felling area
0.24 ha
Estimated volume
82 m³
Thinning area
2.02 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
0.24 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Birch Hawthorn Hazel Pedunculate oak Rowan

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.24 ha 55 yr 20 20 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
2 Scots pine 0.39 ha 17 m³ 40 30
3 Scots pine 0.83 ha 20 m³ 80 55
4 Birch 0.8 ha 25 m³ 80 55

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Rowan 20% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Birch 40% 0.1 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hawthorn 20% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hazel 10% 0.02 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Pedunculate oak 10% 0.02 ha 1,600
Early access

Indicative conifer market context

Indicative conifer standing-timber benchmark

Available to users with early access.

Explore this application's conifer crop benchmark, fifteen years of price history and the assumptions behind the figures.

Request early access

Illustrative preview · Early access feature

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 836 018

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 115

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Countesswells · 100% Humus-iron podzols
View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

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

Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-10037 Gutterie Hill - Windblow Location

Peterculter

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 608 m away Area 2.28 ha Decision issued
FLA01862 Granite City Forest Location

Aberdeen

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 728 m away Area 0.06 ha Decision issued
FLA02545 Easter Anguston Farm (Wood) Location

Peterculter

Aberdeen City

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 3.38 ha Decision issued
FPA-10975 ACC Station Brae Location

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 0.56 ha Decision issued
FLA03200 Templars Park Sout Campsite Location

Maryculter

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.1 km away Area 0.05 ha Decision issued

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

Nearby records

Nearby woodland creation applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
18FGS26698 Contlaw Wood Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 707 m away Area 3.7 ha Approved
17FGS19897 South Lasts Woodland Creation Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 2.2 km away Area 8.29 ha Approved
17FGS20617 Westfield Native Woodland Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 2.4 km away Area 10.04 ha Approved
19FGS40143 Land at Craigentath Location

KINCARDINESHIRE

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.3 km away Area 1.85 ha Approved
24FGS78479 Burnhead Orchard Location

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 5.9 km away Area 0 ha Key date Not published

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

Nearby records

Nearby land sales

Within 10 km

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

  1. Duffs Hill Wood

    Under offer

    8.6 km away

    Portlethen, Aberdeenshire · Woodland · 34.53 ha · £200,000