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FPA-11722

Stothill-Windblow

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Stothill Wood
Nearest town
Lumphanan
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ600032

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 25 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 25 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 22 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 18 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
26.90 ha
Conifer
26.90 ha

Official source

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FPA-11722

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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 Sept 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Felling area
26.9 ha
Estimated volume
13,237 m³
Thinning area
40 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
26.9 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 26.9 ha 33 yr 18,830 10,000 m³

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
1b Sitka spruce 40 ha 3,237 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1a Replant felled Sitka spruce area 74.72% 20.1 ha 2,700
1a Replant felled Douglas fir area 4.98% 1.34 ha 2,700
1a Replant felled Norway spruce area 15.32% 4.12 ha 2,700
1a Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 4.98% 1.34 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 599 032

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 115

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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