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FPA-11851

Cairncake Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
West Cairncake
Nearest town
Cuminestown
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ828496

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 August 2024
  2. Application accepted 21 October 2024
  3. Consultation opens 28 October 2024
  4. Consultation closes 25 November 2024
  5. Decision issued 23 December 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
3.80 ha
Conifer
3.80 ha

Official source

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FPA-11851

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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 Jan 2025 – 15 Jan 2026
Felling area
3.8 ha
Estimated volume
1,802 m³
Proposed restocking
3.8 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.96 ha 32 yr 5,000 882 m³ n/a
2b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.84 ha 40 yr 4,600 920 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a, 2b Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 3.8 ha 1,600
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 827 495

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 243

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle to steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Foudland · 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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