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FPA-13270

BMF Group – Mr Gordon Morison Woodlands

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • CF - Clear Felling
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NJ612435 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Central Woodlands
Nearest town
Huntly
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ612435
Total area
21.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 29 January 2026
  3. Consultation opens 2 April 2026
  4. Consultation closes 30 April 2026
  5. Decision issued 20 May 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13270

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2028
Felling area
21.5 ha
Estimated volume
10,434 m³
Thinning area
63.9 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
21.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleavesScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
16d Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.6 ha 35 yr 2,057 1,440 m³ N/A
16e Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.1 ha 70 yr 770 1,155 m³ N/A
16e Clear Felling Japanese larch 2 ha 70 yr 188 300 m³ N/A
16e Clear Felling Scots pine 2 ha 70 yr 860 600 m³ N/A
16i Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.9 ha 41 yr 1,657 1,160 m³ N/A
16k Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.6 ha 35 yr 1,067 640 m³ N/A
16p Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.1 ha 41 yr 629 440 m³ N/A
16p Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.9 ha 41 yr 1,657 1,160 m³ N/A
16q Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 70 yr 183 275 m³ N/A
16q Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.8 ha 70 yr 1,027 1,540 m³ N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
16a Scots pine 15.6 ha 702 m³
16b Downy birch 12.7 ha 127 m³
16c Scots pine 2.5 ha 50 m³
16c Japanese larch 2.6 ha 78 m³
16f Beech 1.4 ha 28 m³
16f Sycamore 1.5 ha 30 m³
16g Downy birch 0.8 ha 8 m³
16g Beech 1.2 ha 24 m³
16g Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 18 m³
16g Japanese larch 0.5 ha 15 m³
16h Scots pine 4.2 ha 126 m³
16j Downy birch 2.5 ha 25 m³
16k Sitka spruce 2.4 ha 72 m³
16l Scots pine 2 ha 40 m³
16l Japanese larch 2 ha 40 m³
16m Scots pine 4.8 ha 216 m³
16n Japanese larch 3.8 ha 76 m³
16s Downy birch 1.2 ha 8 m³
16t Scots pine 1.1 ha 33 m³
16v Beech 0.8 ha 8 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt1 6d Replant felled area Sitka spruce 17.21% 3.7 ha 2,800 — —
16e,i,k,p,q Replant felled area Caledonian scots pine 74.42% 16 ha 3,100 — —
16 i, k, Restock by natural regeneration Mixed native broadleaves 8.37% 1.8 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
CB387150 BMF Group Gordon Morrison Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 336 m away Area 1.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10462 BMF Group - FPA2 Windblow Location

Ythanwells

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 771 m away Area 9.28 ha Decision issued
FPA-9854 BMF Group FPA8 Bogcoup - Windblow Location

Ythanwells

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 17.34 ha Decision issued
FPA-9839 BMF Group FPA6 - Windblow Location

Ythanwells

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 1.78 ha Decision issued
CB404615 Bognie Trust Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.6 ha Decision issued

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
21FGS56743 Inverkeithny Restock 2021 Location

Aberchirder

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 3.4 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
26FGS93880 Reams Hill Location

Huntly

 Status Under Consideration Distance 4.4 km away Area 33.84 ha Key date Not published
18FGS32659 Auchinbo Woodland Creation Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.4 km away Area 27.5 ha Approved
26FGS93879 Brown Hill Location

Aberchirder

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 5.6 km away Area 25.11 ha Key date Not published
22FGS66085 Redhill Woodland Creation Location

Huntly

Moray

Status Approved Distance 6.0 km away Area 19.09 ha Approved

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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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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