FPA-10887

Blelack Woodland - Windblow

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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Blelack Woodland
Nearest town: Lumphanan
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ563057
Total area: 8.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 21 July 2023
Application accepted 26 July 2023
Consultation opens 16 August 2023
Consultation closes 13 September 2023
Decision issued 14 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-10887

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 30 Sept 2023 – 30 Sept 2025
Felling area: 8 ha
Estimated volume: 6,250 m³
Thinning area: 5.8 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

European larchSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

European larchSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	4.9 ha	45 yr	5,390	3,063 m³	n/a
3	Clear Felling	European larch	1 ha	45 yr	1,100	625 m³	n/a
4	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	2.1 ha	45 yr	2,310	1,312 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2	European larch	5.8 ha	1,250 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	European larch	100%	4.9 ha	2,500	—	—
3	Replant felled area	European larch	100%	1 ha	2,500	—	—
4	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	2.1 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
FPA-7160 Lumphanan Woods	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 419 m away	Area 8.67 ha	Decision issued 10 Jun 2020
FLA03161 Lumphanan Woods	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 488 m away	Area 29.34 ha	Decision issued 10 Jul 2018
FLA00222 Lumphanan Woods	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 488 m away	Area 26.99 ha	Decision issued 17 Apr 2015
FPA-11651 Craigton Wood - Windblow	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 3.61 ha	Approved 22 Apr 2025
FLA-6085 Tulloch Farm	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 4.29 ha	Decision issued 25 Apr 2019

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
20FGS52783 TTH Whitehouse Farm Woodland Creation 2020	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 13.85 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021
17FGS21097 NETHER TILLYLAIR 2	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.2 km away	Area 13.41 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
23FGS70594 Lower Broomhill WC	Location Tornaveen Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 88.28 ha	Approved 20 Jul 2023
26FGS91360 Dess Woodland Creation	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 7.83 ha	Key date Not published
22FGS67608 Bogenchapel WC	Location Torphins Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.1 km away	Area 21.37 ha	Approved 7 Dec 2022

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, 13:39 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:48 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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