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FPA-11739

Crichie Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Plantation 12a
Nearest town
Stuartfield
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ977456

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 28 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 9 September 2024
  4. Consultation closes 8 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 9 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.97 ha
Conifer
0.97 ha

Official source

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FPA-11739

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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 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Felling area
0.97 ha
Estimated volume
300 m³
Proposed restocking
0.97 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
12a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.97 ha 40 yr 200 300 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
12a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 0.97 ha 2,500
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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 976 455

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 518

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Pitmedden · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Pettymuck · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.

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