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FPA-12037

Mearns LMP38-Coupe 38498 and 38204

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Coupe 38498 and 38204
Nearest town
Auchenblae
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO679839

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 November 2024
  2. Application accepted 18 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 21 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 19 December 2024
  5. Decision issued 20 December 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
1.92 ha
Conifer
1.92 ha

Official source

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FPA-12037

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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.

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Track changes

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  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 Dec 2024 – 1 Dec 2025
Felling area
1.91 ha
Estimated volume
361 m³
Proposed restocking
1.91 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Lodgepole pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
38498 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.64 ha 79 yr 739 182 m³
38498 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.28 ha 79 yr 844 79 m³
38204 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.7 ha 63 yr 438 74 m³
38204 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.29 ha 63 yr 289 26 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
38498 I do not intend to restock 100% 0.92 ha
38204 Create Designed Open Ground 100% 0.99 ha
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

Pr15_0544-Shoolbraid 7 Pr15_0576_Gaerlie_3

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

UK/PH/GL/25012013

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.4 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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 · NO 679 839

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 4

Dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Parent material
Organic deposits
Landform
Uplands and northern lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Blanket Peat · 100% Dystrophic blanket peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F7 Land unsuitable 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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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.