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FPA-11583

BMF Group - Windblow (Mountblairy cpt 2 & 11)

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Mountblairy CPTS 11 & 02
Nearest town
Turriff
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ689542

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 7 May 2024
  3. Consultation opens 1 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 30 June 2024
  5. Decision issued 2 July 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
4.09 ha
Conifer
4.05 ha
Broadleaf
0.04 ha

Official source

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FPA-11583

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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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    Status when first captured
    Expired

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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
1 Aug 2024 – 1 Aug 2026
Felling area
4.09 ha
Estimated volume
1,140 m³
Proposed restocking
4.09 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
11 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.27 ha 72 yr 1,524 410 m³ None
11 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.85 ha 72 yr 1,020 235 m³ None
11 Clear Felling European larch 1.51 ha 72 yr 1,812 415 m³ None
11 Clear Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.04 ha 72 yr 48 5 m³ None
02 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.42 ha 72 yr 252 75 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
11 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 0.98% 0.04 ha 1,600
11 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 62.1% 2.54 ha 2,500
11 Replant felled area Douglas fir 26.65% 1.09 ha 2,500
02 Restock by natural regeneration Mixed broadleaves 10.27% 0.42 ha 1,600
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 688 542

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 243

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle to steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Foudland · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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