FPA-10712

Kirkwood - 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: Kirkwood
Nearest town: Alford
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ532115
Total area: 3.92 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 31 May 2023
Application accepted 27 June 2023
Consultation opens 8 September 2023
Consultation closes 7 September 2023
Decision issued 11 September 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-10712

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jul 2023 – 30 Jun 2025
Felling area: 3.92 ha
Estimated volume: 1,643.6 m³
Thinning area: 13.63 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density

Species in felling operations

European larchScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

European larchScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
2o	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	2.15 ha	55 yr	—	645 m³	—
2n	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.21 ha	55 yr	—	363 m³	—
2m	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.28 ha	55 yr	—	51 m³	—
2m	Clear Felling	European larch	0.28 ha	55 yr	—	32 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
2a	Scots pine	5.19 ha	207 m³	3,892	3,642
2a	European larch	5.19 ha	207 m³	3,892	3,642
2k	Scots pine	1.42 ha	56.8 m³	1,065	1,000
2k	European larch	1.42 ha	56.8 m³	1,065	1,000
2l	European larch	0.41 ha	25 m³	307	274

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2o	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	54.85%	2.15 ha	2,500	—	—
2n	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	30.87%	1.21 ha	2,500	—	—
2m	Replant felled area	Scots pine	7.14%	0.28 ha	2,500	—	—
2m	Replant felled area	European larch	7.14%	0.28 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-9337 Kirkwood - Storm Arwen	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 284 m away	Area 1.96 ha	Decision issued 12 Oct 2022
FLA01926 Kirkwood	Location Leochel-Cushnie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 284 m away	Area 21.37 ha	Decision issued 2 Mar 2017
FLA01232 Kirkwood	Location Leochel-Cushnie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 284 m away	Area 18.15 ha	Decision issued 17 May 2016
FLA02851 Wester Leochel Wood	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 24.26 ha	Decision issued 5 Mar 2018
FPA-10131 Balchimmy Farm - Windblow	Location Cushnie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 2.09 ha	Decision issued 13 Dec 2022

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
22FGS68067 Balchimmy Woodland Creation	Location Cushnie/Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 204.09 ha	Approved 28 Nov 2022
22FGS67989 Broadbog	Location Tarland Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 41.73 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2023
19FGS37603 Pittenderich Woodland Creation	Location DUNBLANE Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 15 Jul 2019
23FGS75213 Pittenderich WC 2023 24	Location Tarland Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 76.35 ha	Approved 13 Mar 2024
20FGS52783 TTH Whitehouse Farm Woodland Creation 2020	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.1 km away	Area 13.85 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021

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, 13:40 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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