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FPA-11723

Balmedie

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Balmedie Woodland - Shady Neuk
Nearest town
Balmedie
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ966185

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 1 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 29 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 2 October 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
1.50 ha
Broadleaf
1.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-11723

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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 Aug 2024
Felling area
3 ha
Estimated volume
62 m³
Proposed restocking
3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Beech Oak

Proposed restocking species

Beech Birch Hazel

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
CPT 1 Selective Felling Beech 2 ha 50 yr 30 60 m³ W
CPT 1 Selective Felling Oak 1 ha 50 yr 2 2 m³ W

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
CPT1 Replant felled area Beech 66.67% 2 ha 1,600
CPT1 Replant felled area Hazel 16.67% 0.5 ha 1,600
CPT1 Replant felled area Birch 16.67% 0.5 ha 1,600

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 965 185

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 545

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Tipperty
Parent material
Red lacustrine silts and clays derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tipperty · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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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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Within 10 km
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FLA02675 Potterton Location

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Status Expired Distance 3.1 km away Area 1.05 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 3.6 km away Area 2.49 ha Approved

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

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Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 9.0 km away Area 3.12 ha Approved

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