FPA-12072

Fortry Moss

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

SF - Selective Felling
T - Thinning

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

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Fortry Moss- Cpts 8,11,15
Nearest town: Keith
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ507545
Total area: 4.32 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 28 November 2024
Application accepted 27 November 2024
Consultation opens 30 January 2025
Consultation closes 29 January 2025
Decision issued 6 February 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2032
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12072

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Feb 2025 – 30 Jan 2027
Felling area: 4.32 ha
Estimated volume: 2,659 m³
Thinning area: 41.77 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 4.32 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
11 b	Selective Felling	Scots pine	4.32 ha	100 yr	1,300	200 m³	Worker select

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
8a	Sitka spruce	5.63 ha	338 m³	1,600	1,200
15 B,d,e,f,h,	Sitka spruce	32.53 ha	1,952 m³	1,600	1,200
15 g	Hybrid larch	0.72 ha	29 m³	1,600	1,200
15 c,i	Sitka spruce	1.16 ha	70 m³	1,600	1,200
15 c,i,	Hybrid larch	1.73 ha	70 m³	1,600	1,200

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
11b	Restock by natural regeneration	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	4.32 ha	1,600	—	—

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
FLA03160 Fortry Moss	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 297 m away	Area 0.44 ha	Decision issued 6 Jul 2018
FLA01715 Fortry Moss	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 536 m away	Area 0.2 ha	Decision issued 7 Nov 2016
FLA02625 Fortry Moss	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 943 m away	Area 0.6 ha	Decision issued 24 Nov 2017
FPA-9589 Upper Burnend	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.05 ha	Decision issued 15 Jun 2022
FLA03338 Burnside Mill	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 0.63 ha	Decision issued 3 Sept 2018

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
19FGS40403 Fortry Moss Native Woods	Location Keith Moray	Status Approved	Distance 405 m away	Area 3.44 ha	Approved 17 Oct 2019
20FGS51583 Myreton Woodland Creation	Location Keith Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 6.45 ha	Approved 13 Nov 2020
22FGS67867 Craigmartin Woodland	Location Glenbarry Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.4 km away	Area 49.28 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2023
19FGS37886 craigenseat woodland	Location Keith Moray	Status Approved	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 19.97 ha	Approved 24 Feb 2020
20FGS50864 Ramsburn Woodland Creation	Location Glenbarry Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.0 km away	Area 8.26 ha	Approved 25 Mar 2021

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

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:50 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 10:01 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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