FPA-13271

Cairnton 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

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: Gateside Forest
Nearest town: Keith
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ366472
Total area: 14.76 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 23 February 2026
Application accepted 13 February 2026
Consultation opens 27 March 2026
Consultation closes 24 April 2026
Decision issued 5 May 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13271

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 4 Apr 2026 – 4 Apr 2028
Felling area: 14.76 ha
Estimated volume: 11,695 m³
Proposed restocking: 14.76 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Larch Mixed broadleaves Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Norway spruce Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
06,07,08	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	13.79 ha	36 yr	27,580	11,032 m³	None
06	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.42 ha	36 yr	840	336 m³	None
04, 05	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.51 ha	36 yr	1,020	306 m³	None
04,05	Clear Felling	Larch	0.03 ha	36 yr	60	18 m³	None
04,05	Clear Felling	Mixed broadleaves	0.01 ha	36 yr	11	3 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
06,07,08	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	93.09%	13.74 ha	2,500	—	—
06	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	2.85%	0.42 ha	2,500	—	—
07,08	Create Designed Open Ground	—	0.34%	0.05 ha	—	—	—
04,05	Replant felled area	Norway spruce	3.73%	0.55 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-10328 Cairnton estate - Windblow	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 0 m away	Area 14.21 ha	Decision issued 14 Apr 2023
FPA-11957 Drummuir Estate	Location Drummuir Moray	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 7.18 ha	Approved 20 Dec 2024
FPA-10851 Drummuir Estate	Location Drummuir Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 11.61 ha	Decision issued 16 Oct 2023
CB283606 Drummuir Estate	Location Drummuir Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 25.82 ha	Decision issued 19 Sept 2013
CB457885 Maryhill Farm	Location Mulben Moray	Status Expired	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 0.21 ha	Decision issued 22 Jul 2014

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
19FGS37783 Douglasbrae Native Wood	Location Keith Moray	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 1.54 ha	Approved 13 Jun 2019
22FGS69913 Bellyhack Farm Native SP WC	Location Glass Moray	Status Approved	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 17.1 ha	Approved 17 Apr 2023
21FGS56803 High Forest Woodland creation	Location Craigellachie Moray	Status Expired	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 6 Jan 2023
21FGS59924 Hume Farm Corsemaul Woodland Creation	Location Dufftown Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 12 Nov 2021
22FGS65005 Little Tullich New Woodland	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 4.79 ha	Approved 22 Sept 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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
26 Aug 2026, 13:55 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:10 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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