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FPA-11188

Carnousie Castle

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Carnousie Castle Woods
Nearest town
Turriff
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ673500

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 December 2023
  2. Application accepted 4 December 2023
  3. Consultation opens 7 March 2024
  4. Consultation closes 6 March 2024
  5. Decision issued 22 March 2024
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
5.60 ha
Conifer
4.76 ha
Broadleaf
0.84 ha

Official source

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FPA-11188

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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
1 Mar 2024 – 1 Mar 2025
Felling area
5.6 ha
Estimated volume
3,925 m³
Thinning area
28.05 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking
5.6 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Silver birch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Alder Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.45 ha 40 yr 2,000 600 m³ n/a
2 Clear Felling Silver birch 0.84 ha 50 yr 150 100 m³ n/a
3 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 40 yr 800 250 m³ n/a
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.37 ha 40 yr 1,600 500 m³ n/a
5 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.33 ha 40 yr 300 75 m³ n/a
6 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.11 ha 35 yr 1,400 400 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolume removed
7 Mixed broadleaves 28.05 ha 2,000 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1,2,3,4,5,6 Replant felled area Silver birch 50% 2.8 ha 1,600
1,2,3,4,5,6 Replant felled area Alder 50% 2.8 ha 1,600
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 672 500

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 243

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle to steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Foudland · 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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