FPA-11371

Cluny Castle Estate

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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Wood End
Nearest town: Kemnay
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ712134
Total area: 1.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 22 February 2024
Application accepted 22 February 2024
Consultation opens 7 August 2024
Consultation closes 4 September 2024
Decision issued 8 October 2024
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11371

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 24 Jul 2024 – 8 Jul 2026
Felling area: 1 ha
Estimated volume: 1,395 m³
Thinning area: 7.78 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

European larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

AlderGoat willowPedunculate oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
21c	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.74 ha	40 yr	1,000	400 m³	—
25a	Clear Felling	European larch	0.26 ha	35 yr	25	20 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
21b	Mixed broadleaves	5.23 ha	100 m³	900	850
49	Sycamore	0.55 ha	200 m³	800	560
50	Sycamore	2 ha	675 m³	3,200	2,240

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
21C	Replant felled area	Common alder	50%	0.37 ha	1,600	—	—
21c	Replant felled area	Goat willow	50%	0.37 ha	1,600	—	—
25a	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	100%	0.26 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

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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
FLA02559 Sauchen Woodlands	Location Sauchen Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 992 m away	Area 44.26 ha	Decision issued 18 Jan 2018
FLA01864 Nether Glenton	Location Monymusk Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 0.28 ha	Decision issued 28 Feb 2017
FLA02337 Cluny Estate	Location Sauchen Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 12.29 ha	Decision issued 5 Oct 2017
FLA02735 Cluny Estate	Location Sauchen Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 8.53 ha	Decision issued 23 Feb 2018
FPA-10692 Cluny Castle Estate	Location Sauchen Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 8.19 ha	Decision issued 4 Sept 2023

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
20FGS55803 Corsindae Estate Woodland Creation	Location Kemnay Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 46.56 ha	Approved 1 Oct 2021
19FGS43903 Corrennie Hill Woodland Creation	Location INVERURIE Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 108.26 ha	Approved 19 Mar 2020
18FGS33019 Wester Tulloch Farm Woodlands	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.7 km away	Area 6.11 ha	Approved 13 Mar 2020
15FGS02413 East Letter Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 7.5 km away	Area 2.14 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
21FGS60965 Craigenhigh WC	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 7.8 km away	Area 165.35 ha	Approved 8 Feb 2022

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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StandingWire added data from the PDF
9 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 10:05 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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