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FPA-11667

Hillbrae House

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: NJ967377 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Hillbrae
Nearest town
Ellon
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ967377
Total area
2.65 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 5 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 12 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 11 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 18 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11667

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Sept 2024 – 30 Oct 2024
Felling area
2.65 ha
Estimated volume
1,026 m³
Thinning area
2.4 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
2.65 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

European larchSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.65 ha 26 yr 5,394 853 m³ NO

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
1 Sitka spruce 2.4 ha 173 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
2 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 89.81% 2.38 ha 2,500 — —
2 Replant felled area European larch 10.19% 0.27 ha 2,500 — —

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
FPA-6889 Nether Arthrath Farm Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 515 m away Area 1.88 ha Decision issued
FPA-11625 Arthrath Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.2 km away Area 7.93 ha Approved
FPA-11894 Whitestone Hill Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.52 ha Approved
FPA-11608 Toll of Birness Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 2.9 km away Area 7.48 ha Approved
FPA-8343 Toll of Birness Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.9 km away Area 1.77 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
26FGS93679 Mains Of Birness Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 5.1 km away Area 96.14 ha Key date Not published
19FGS37784 West Crichie Native Woods Location

Stuartfield

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.8 km away Area 7.37 ha Approved
19FGS45623 Tassethill Location

BURFORD

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 6.0 km away Area 308 ha Approved
18FGS34479 Crosshill Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 6.5 km away Area 1.93 ha Approved
22FGS68647 Woodland Grant 2022 Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 7.7 km away Area 8.78 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

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

  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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