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FPA-10860

Adziel & Backhill Woods

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
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NJ931533 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Adziel & Backhill Woods
Nearest town
Strichen
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ931533
Total area
13.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 July 2023
  2. Application accepted 30 June 2023
  3. Consultation opens 5 October 2023
  4. Consultation closes 4 October 2023
  5. Decision issued 18 October 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10860

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
15 Aug 2023 – 15 Aug 2024
Felling area
13.5 ha
Estimated volume
3,500 m³
Thinning area
19.4 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

European larchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

LarchScots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
Backhill/Cp t 3 Clear Felling European larch 5.7 ha 60 yr — 1,000 m³ n/a
Adziel / Cpt 1 Clear Felling European larch 1.4 ha 60 yr — 290 m³ n/a
Adziel / Cpt 2 Clear Felling Scots pine 3.2 ha 60 yr — 560 m³ n/a
Adziel / Cpt 2 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.2 ha 60 yr — 560 m³ n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
Backhill/Cp t 1 Sitka spruce 8.2 ha 470 m³
Backhill/Cp t 2 Sitka spruce 1.5 ha 40 m³
Adziel / Cpt 3 Sitka spruce 9.7 ha 580 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Backhill/Cpt 3 Replant felled area Larch 100% 5.7 ha 2,500 — —
Adziel / Cpt 1 & 2 Replant felled area Scots pine 79.49% 6.2 ha 2,500 — —
Adziel / Cpt 1 & 2 Replant felled area Larch 20.51% 1.6 ha 2,500 — -3/4

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
FLA03067 Borrohill Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 1.84 ha Decision issued
FPA-12916 Borrohill-Windblow Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 4.79 ha Approved
CB33932 Newmill House Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
FLA-6172 Newton Wood Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.13 ha Decision issued
CB279092 Strichen Burial Ground Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 0.19 ha Decision issued

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
20FGS51503 Worldsend Native Woodland Location

Maud

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 13.04 ha Approved
26FGS93401 Garvelside Triangle Wood Location

New Pitsligo

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 8.2 km away Area 1.21 ha Key date Not published
20FGS51563 Hillhead of Auchreddie Woodland Creation Location

New Deer

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 9.2 km away Area 5.57 ha Approved
26FGS92199 Howe of Byth Quarry Woodland Creation Location

Maud

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 9.6 km away Area 9.27 ha Approved

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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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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