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FPA-13432

Blackhill Pluscarden Estate

Under Consideration Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Blackhill
Nearest town
Elgin
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ122561

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 April 2026
  2. Application accepted 22 April 2026
  3. Consultation opens 29 June 2026
  4. Consultation closes 27 July 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
11.41 ha
Conifer
11.41 ha

Official source

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FPA-13432

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 7 August 2026.

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Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Status changed

    From
    Open For Comment
    To
    Under Consideration
  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Lethenhill

Site 924

Official SiteLink record for Lethenhill
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 34.9 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 121 561

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 19

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle to strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Scottarie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Badanloch · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Status Approved Distance 2.1 km away Area 12.43 ha Approved

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

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Status Approved Distance 7.9 km away Area 2.22 ha Approved

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