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FPA-13244

Bourachie - Haddo Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Bourachie
Nearest town
Tarves
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ858324

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 11 February 2026
  3. Consultation opens 2 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 30 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 13 April 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.16 ha
Broadleaf
0.16 ha

Official source

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FPA-13244

Find FPA-13244 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
25 Feb 2026 – 22 Jan 2027
Felling area
0.16 ha
Estimated volume
9.5 m³
Proposed restocking
0.16 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Alder Ash Whitebeam

Proposed restocking species

Sessile oak Wild cherry (Gean) Woody shrubs

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
78 Felling Individual Trees Ash 0.16 ha 50 yr 18 9 m³ Tree tags
78 Felling Individual Trees Common alder 0 ha 50 yr 1 0.25 m³ Tree tag
78 Felling Individual Trees Whitebeam 0 ha 50 yr 1 0.25 m³ tree tag

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
78 Bourachie Restock with individual trees Sessile oak 43.75% 0.07 ha 30
78 Bourachie Restock with individual trees Wild cherry (Gean) 43.75% 0.07 ha 30
78 Bourachie Restock with individual trees Woody shrubs 12.5% 0.02 ha 30

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 857 323

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 517

Brown earths

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
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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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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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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.

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Nearby land sales

Within 10 km

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

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