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FPA-11286

Strathdon - Windblow

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Bunzeach
Nearest town
Strathdon
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ369089

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 January 2024
  2. Application accepted 24 January 2024
  3. Consultation opens 29 May 2024
  4. Consultation closes 28 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 29 May 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
62.00 ha
Conifer
62.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-11286

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

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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 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
62 ha
Estimated volume
31,261.6 m³
Proposed restocking
62 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
43900 Selective Felling Scots pine 5.8 ha 69 yr 1,974 1,347.1 m³ marked with white tape
43900 Selective Felling European larch 1 ha 69 yr 54 44 m³ marked with white tape
43900 Selective Felling Scots pine 3.6 ha 85 yr 1,313 1,188.1 m³ marked with white tape
43900 Selective Felling Scots pine 1 ha 64 yr 725 381.6 m³ marked with white tape
43900 Selective Felling Japanese larch 1.4 ha 69 yr 454 449.6 m³ marked with white tape
43900 Selective Felling Scots pine 0.2 ha 69 yr 69 46.8 m³ marked with white tape
43901 Clear Felling Scots pine 2.8 ha 70 yr 2,065 1,432.2 m³ marked with white tape
43901 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.8 ha 70 yr 163 249.7 m³ marked with white tape
43901 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 70 yr 128 235.7 m³ marked with white tape
43902 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.7 ha 34 yr 5,854 155.1 m³ marked with white tape
43902 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 47 yr 608 149.8 m³ marked with white tape
43902 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.9 ha 54 yr 1,028 1,176.4 m³ marked with white tape
43902 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 53 yr 184 10,537 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.2 ha 43 yr 2,047 973.4 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.8 ha 43 yr 1,770 133.7 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 51 yr 159 59.5 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.2 ha 43 yr 1,420 675.3 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.6 ha 53 yr 805 461.5 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 9 ha 52 yr 3,069 3,848.9 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.2 ha 52 yr 478 487.6 m³ marked with white tape
43903 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.6 ha 51 yr 1,302 230.1 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.2 ha 60 yr 730 862.5 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.3 ha 60 yr 953 59.7 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.2 ha 60 yr 556 47.4 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.6 ha 60 yr 3,497 2,789.8 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.3 ha 57 yr 818 406 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 3.9 ha 60 yr 3,147 944.6 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1 ha 60 yr 446 356 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 3.6 ha 60 yr 2,897 869.6 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.7 ha 60 yr 316 252.4 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 60 yr 5,754 306.7 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Other conifers 0.2 ha 24 yr 273 2.7 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.4 ha 27 yr 652 77.1 m³ marked with white tape
43904 Clear Felling Lodgepole pine 0.2 ha 27 yr 495 24 m³ marked with white tape

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
43900 Restock by natural regeneration Scots pine 80% 10.4 ha 2,500
43900 Restock by natural regeneration European larch 20% 2.6 ha 2,500
43901 Replant felled area Scots pine 70.73% 2.9 ha 2,500
43901 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 19.51% 0.8 ha 2,500
43901 Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.76% 0.4 ha 2,500
43902 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 5 ha 2,500
43903 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 66.85% 11.9 ha 2,500
43903 Create Designed Open Ground 29.78% 5.3 ha
43903 Replant felled area Norway spruce 3.37% 0.6 ha 2,500
43904 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 58.82% 13 ha 2,500
43904 Create Designed Open Ground 1.81% 0.4 ha
43904 Replant felled area Scots pine 39.37% 8.7 ha 2,500
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 369 089

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 317

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Insch
Parent material
Drifts derived from gabbros and allied igneous rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Myreton · 70% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Mosstown · 30% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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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