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FPA-11639

Nook Farm - Windblow

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Woodlands at Nook Farm
Nearest town
Hatton
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NK032357

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 29 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 26 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 25 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 30 July 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029

Area

Total area
0.64 ha
Conifer
0.64 ha

Official source

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FPA-11639

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First archived 27 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
29 May 2024 – 29 May 2026
Felling area
0.64 ha
Estimated volume
280 m³
Proposed restocking
0.64 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
CPT1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.64 ha 34 yr 850 280 m³ N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
CPT1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.64 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NK 032 357

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 517

Brown earths

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
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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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