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FPA-11514

Dualburn Forest - Windblow

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Dualburn Forest - Comp 2e,5c1,6g
Nearest town
Rhynie
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ499249

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 April 2024
  3. Consultation opens 30 April 2024
  4. Consultation closes 28 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 4 June 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
4.56 ha
Conifer
4.56 ha

Official source

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FPA-11514

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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
    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
16 Apr 2024 – 8 Apr 2026
Felling area
4.56 ha
Estimated volume
1,230 m³
Proposed restocking
4.56 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
2e Clear Felling Scots pine 1.68 ha 45 yr 745 390 m³ n/a
5c1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.88 ha 45 yr 390 200 m³ n/a
6g Clear Felling Scots pine 2 ha 45 yr 890 640 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
2e Replant felled area Scots pine 33.11% 1.51 ha 2,500
2e Create Designed Open Ground 3.73% 0.17 ha
5c1 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 17.32% 0.79 ha 2,500
5c1 Create Designed Open Ground 1.97% 0.09 ha
6g Replant felled area Sitka spruce 39.47% 1.8 ha 2,500
6g Create Designed Open Ground 4.39% 0.2 ha
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 498 248

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 115

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

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

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.