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FPA-11988

East Town Farm - Windblow

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
East Town Farm
Nearest town
Stonehaven
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO770846

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 28 October 2024
  2. Application accepted 30 October 2024
  3. Consultation opens 6 November 2024
  4. Consultation closes 4 December 2024
  5. Decision issued 9 December 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.67 ha
Conifer
0.67 ha

Official source

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FPA-11988

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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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
1 Nov 2024 – 30 Sept 2026
Felling area
0.67 ha
Estimated volume
166 m³
Proposed restocking
0.67 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Alder Goat willow Rowan Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.22 ha 40 yr 35 40 m³
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.13 ha 40 yr 25 30 m³
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.08 ha 40 yr 20 27 m³
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.11 ha 40 yr 25 32 m³
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.13 ha 40 yr 30 37 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Silver birch 50% 0.11 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Rowan 25% 0.06 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Common alder 25% 0.06 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Silver birch 50% 0.04 ha 1,600
3 Replant felled area Rowan 50% 0.04 ha 1,600
4 Replant felled area Goat willow 50% 0.06 ha 1,600
4 Replant felled area Common alder 50% 0.06 ha 1,600
5 Replant felled area Goat willow 50% 0.07 ha 1,600
5 Replant felled area Common alder 50% 0.07 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Silver birch 50% 0.07 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Rowan 25% 0.03 ha 1,600
2 Replant felled area Common alder 25% 0.03 ha 1,600
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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 4.8 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 769 846

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 498

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Strichen · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.