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FPA-11898

Lochnabo Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Lochnabo Wood
Nearest town
Elgin
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ282591

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 September 2024
  2. Application accepted 12 August 2024
  3. Consultation opens 7 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 5 December 2024
  5. Decision issued 10 December 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.01 ha
Conifer
0.01 ha

Official source

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FPA-11898

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
28 Oct 2024 – 22 Oct 2025
Felling area
0.01 ha
Estimated volume
14 m³
Proposed restocking
0.01 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.01 ha 75 yr 2 8 m³ paint
2 Selective Felling Sitka spruce 0.01 ha 60 yr 1 6 m³ paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by natural regeneration Silver birch 50% 0.01 ha 1,600
2 Restock by natural regeneration Silver birch 50% 0.01 ha 1,600
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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Loch Oire

Site 1043

Official SiteLink record for Loch Oire
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 8.65 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 282 590

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 97

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with mounds and terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Boyndie · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Corby · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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Status Expired Distance 707 m away Area 0.01 ha Decision issued
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Moray

Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 6.2 ha Decision issued
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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.