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FPA-11401

Drum Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Murphyhowe
Nearest town
Drumoak
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ772016

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 March 2024
  2. Application accepted 6 March 2024
  3. Consultation opens 12 March 2024
  4. Consultation closes 11 March 2024
  5. Decision issued 22 March 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
9.08 ha
Conifer
8.28 ha

Official source

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FPA-11401

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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
11 Mar 2024 – 31 Mar 2026
Felling area
9.08 ha
Estimated volume
1,868 m³
Proposed restocking
9.08 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larch Norway spruce Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Silver birch Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
37a Clear Felling Scots pine 8.02 ha 55 yr 6,700 1,675 m³
37a Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.8 ha 55 yr 463 161 m³
37a Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.26 ha 55 yr 80 32 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
37a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70% 6.36 ha 2,500
37a Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.91 ha 1,600
37a Create Designed Open Ground 20% 1.82 ha
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Protected places

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Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Old Wood of Drum

Site 1255

Official SiteLink record for Old Wood of Drum
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 45.63 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 771 016

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

F4 Moderate 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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