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FPA-13240

Woodlands View

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Woodlands View Wood
Nearest town
Maud
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ914497

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 16 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 10 December 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 March 2026
  4. Consultation closes 17 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 1 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.30 ha
Conifer
0.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-13240

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
16 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
Felling area
0.3 ha
Estimated volume
110 m³
Proposed restocking
0.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Hazel Rowan Sessile oak Silver birch Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.3 ha 60 yr 120 110 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Sessile oak 33.33% 0.1 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Hazel 16.67% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Silver birch 16.67% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Wild cherry (Gean) 16.67% 0.05 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled area Rowan 16.67% 0.05 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 913 497

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 517

Brown earths

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.