FPA-11096

Hilton of Culsh

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

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

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

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: Hilton of Culsh
Nearest town: New Deer
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ862494
Total area: 1.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 19 October 2023
Application accepted 5 October 2023
Consultation opens 27 October 2023
Consultation closes 23 November 2023
Decision issued 27 November 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-11096

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Nov 2023 – 1 Feb 2024
Felling area: 1 ha
Estimated volume: 608 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.72 ha	40 yr	1,300	520 m³	n/a
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.07 ha	40 yr	50	20 m³	n/a
3	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.06 ha	40 yr	45	18 m³	n/a
4	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.05 ha	40 yr	35	14 m³	n/a
5	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.1 ha	40 yr	90	36 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1-5	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	1 ha	2,500	—	—

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
FPA-10529 Brucehill Farm - Windblow	Location New Deer Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 0.47 ha	Decision issued 7 Aug 2023
FPA-7022 Loanhead of Fedderate	Location New Deer Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 1 Jun 2020
FPA-13404 Mains of Fedderate	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 2.6 ha	Approved 13 Jul 2026
FPA-7394 Craigievar	Location New Deer Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 12 Aug 2020
FPA-11851 Cairncake Farm	Location Cuminestown Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 3.8 ha	Approved 23 Dec 2024

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
20FGS51563 Hillhead of Auchreddie Woodland Creation	Location New Deer Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 5.57 ha	Approved 22 Jan 2021
20FGS51503 Worldsend Native Woodland	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 7.0 km away	Area 13.04 ha	Approved 5 Jan 2021
26FGS92199 Howe of Byth Quarry Woodland Creation	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 8.3 km away	Area 9.27 ha	Approved 12 Aug 2026
26FGS93401 Garvelside Triangle Wood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Under Consideration	Distance 8.4 km away	Area 1.21 ha	Key date Not published
18FGS31298 Lovies Cowbog Woodland Creation 2019	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 8.8 km away	Area 23.44 ha	Approved 18 Jan 2019

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

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 13:38 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:44 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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