FPA-11113

Spynie Farms, Pitgaveny

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

FO - Felling Individual Trees

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Hill of Spynie
Nearest town: Elgin
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ226654
Total area: 0.01 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 27 October 2023
Application accepted 13 October 2023
Consultation opens 6 November 2023
Consultation closes 4 December 2023
Decision issued 21 December 2023
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-11113

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 27 Oct 2023 – 20 Jun 2024
Felling area: 0.01 ha
Estimated volume: 14.3 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

AlderAshBeechElm

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
27	Felling Individual Trees	Elm	29 yr	1	0.1 m³	Yes
20	Felling Individual Trees	Ash	112 yr	12	6.5 m³	Yes
20	Felling Individual Trees	Beech	112 yr	4	7.2 m³	Yes
20	Felling Individual Trees	Alder	32 yr	4	0.5 m³	Yes

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
20	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	10%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
CB333708 Pitgaveny Farm	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 660 m away	Area 4.56 ha	Decision issued 15 Jan 2014
FPA-9779 Spynie Farms	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 877 m away	Area 0.48 ha	Decision issued 23 Aug 2022
FPA-7387 Site adjacent to Chandler's Rise and Lesmurdie House	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 0.04 ha	Decision issued 15 Oct 2020
FPA-11090 Spynie Farms	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 24.92 ha	Decision issued 1 Feb 2024
FLA01606 Innes Estate	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 7.3 ha	Decision issued 23 Sept 2016

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
16FGS13097 West wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.5 km away	Area 3.51 ha	Approved 13 May 2020
17FGS24219 Lossieside Wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 7.03 ha	Approved 30 Nov 2018
18FGS33759 Burnside of Birnie Riparian woods	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 1.52 ha	Approved 8 Jan 2019
17FGS17357 Hillhead Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
16FGS13837 Rosehaugh Farms Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 5.4 ha	Approved 19 Nov 2018

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 13:37 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:43 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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