FPA-11402

Stoneyfield - Windblow

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Stoneyfield Wood
Nearest town: Huntly
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy: Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference: NJ591371

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 6 March 2024
Application accepted 5 March 2024
Consultation opens 4 June 2024
Consultation closes 3 June 2024
Decision issued 7 June 2024
Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area: 18.30 ha
Conifer: 18.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-11402

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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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11 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST

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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:36 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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: 7 May 2024 – 2 Apr 2028
Felling area: 18.3 ha
Estimated volume: 30,230 m³
Thinning area: 29.71 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 18.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Douglas fir Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
3a	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.6 ha	32 yr	7,200	1,260 m³	n/a
3a	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	3.5 ha	32 yr	7,100	1,225 m³	n/a
3b	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.9 ha	32 yr	1,899	315 m³	n/a
3c	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3 ha	32 yr	6,000	1,050 m³	n/a
3c	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	2.5 ha	32 yr	5,000	875 m³	n/a
10a,c,f,e	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	4.3 ha	32 yr	8,600	15,505 m³	n/a
8b,c,d,f	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.5 ha	32 yr	800	100 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
7a,h,h-,8a,e	Sitka spruce	19.8 ha	9,900 m³
2,a,c,d,f	Sitka spruce	9.91 ha	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
3a,b,c	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	73.77%	13.5 ha	2,500	—	—
10a,c,f,e	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	23.5%	4.3 ha	2,500	—	—
8b,c,d,f	Create Designed Open Ground	—	2.73%	0.5 ha	—	—	—

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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species	Status	Proximity	Issued	Compliance date	Biosecurity expiry
STH19_0374_0375_a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 4.8 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published

Notice / host species

Status

Proximity

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

STH19_0374_0375_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued

Proximity 4.8 km away

Issued

Compliance date

Biosecurity expiry

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 591 371

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

F5 Limited flexibility for trees