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FPA-11460

BMF Group, Fourmanhill

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Fourmanhill Cottage
Nearest town
Forgue
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ588457

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 March 2024
  2. Application accepted 21 March 2024
  3. Consultation opens 17 April 2024
  4. Consultation closes 15 May 2024
  5. Decision issued 27 May 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.11 ha
Conifer
0.11 ha

Official source

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FPA-11460

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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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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
1 Jun 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
Felling area
0.1 ha
Estimated volume
25 m³
Proposed restocking
0.1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1e Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.1 ha 67 yr 200 25 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1e Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 60% 0.06 ha 1,600
1e Create Designed Open Ground 40% 0.04 ha
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Protected places

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 588 457

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 498

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Strichen · 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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