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FPA-11456

Westerton Wood - Windblow

Expired 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: NJ569008 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Westerton Wood
Nearest town
Aboyne
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ569008
Total area
1.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 March 2024
  2. Application accepted 22 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 22 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 21 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 23 July 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-11456

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
5 Jun 2024 – 5 Jun 2026
Felling area
1.5 ha
Estimated volume
2,090 m³
Thinning area
57.24 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
1.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleavesNorway spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
13 Clear Felling Scots pine 1.5 ha 70 yr 648 360 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before (stems/ha) After (stems/ha)
1 Scots pine 13.81 ha 349 m³ 443 388
2 Scots pine 2.95 ha 100 m³ 443 388
4 Scots pine 10.4 ha 230 m³ 443 388
5 Scots pine 7.65 ha 220 m³ 443 388
6 Scots pine 3.43 ha 151 m³ 443 388
7 Scots pine 4.33 ha 180 m³ 443 388
8 Scots pine 8.62 ha 335 m³ 443 388
10 Scots pine 3.08 ha 113 m³ 443 388
14 Mixed broadleaves 2.97 ha 52 m³ 439 387

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
13 Replant felled area Norway spruce 70% 1.05 ha 2,500 — —
13 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 10% 0.15 ha 1,600 — —
13 Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 0.3 ha — — —

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
FLA02611 Westerton Wood Location

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 368 m away Area 19.5 ha Decision issued
CB435087 Newton of Drumduan Location

Dess, Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 683 m away Area 0.67 ha Decision issued
CB487250 Deeside Activity Park Location

Kincardine O Neil

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 754 m away Area 2.81 ha Decision issued
CB43848 Drumduan Location

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 914 m away Area 0.83 ha Decision issued
FPA-8077 Mains of Auchlossan Location

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 7.7 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
26FGS91360 Dess Woodland Creation Location

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 876 m away Area 7.83 ha Key date Not published
19FGS38284 Lower Dess Location

BANCHORY

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 60.26 ha Approved
17FGS21097 NETHER TILLYLAIR 2 Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 2.5 km away Area 13.41 ha Approved
20FGS51543 Craigton New Woodland Creation Location

Kincardine O'Neil

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.5 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
19FGS38223 Birley Location

ABERDEEN

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.1 km away Area 11.07 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
    Expired

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