FPA-10398

Birkenbush Farm

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
Nearest town: Forfar
Local authority: Angus Council
Forestry administration: Perth and Argyll Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NO455551
Total area: 1.60 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 16 February 2023
Application accepted 8 February 2023
Consultation opens 7 August 2023
Consultation closes 7 August 2023
Decision issued 14 August 2023
Restocking due 30 June 2027
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10398

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 7 Aug 2023 – 1 Apr 2025
Felling area: 1.6 ha
Estimated volume: 746 m³
Thinning area: 0.26 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1a	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	1.6 ha	45 yr	2,250	720 m³	—

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
1d	Mixed broadleaves	0.26 ha	26 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1a	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	100%	1.6 ha	1,600	—	-2/3

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
FLA-6225 Birkenbush Farm	Location Forfar Angus	Status Expired	Distance 494 m away	Area 0.39 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2019
FLA02444 Craigeassie Estate Woodlands	Location Kirriemuir Angus	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 16 ha	Decision issued 15 Jan 2018
FLA03462 Carse Gray Estate	Location Forfar Angus	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 11.27 ha	Decision issued 20 Nov 2018
CB75338 Carse Gray Estate	Location Forfar Angus	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 6.98 ha	Decision issued 2 Aug 2012
FPA-7983 Carse Gray	Location SFA East, Forfar Angus	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 0.97 ha	Decision issued 11 May 2021

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
18FGS32558 Eskhill Woodland expansion	Location Angus	Status Under Consideration	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 3.54 ha	Key date Not published
16FGS04774 Memus Woodland Creation 2016	Location Angus	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 2.32 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
20FGS48707 Turfachie Farm WC	Location Kirriemuir Angus	Status Approved	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 6.44 ha	Approved 27 May 2021
22FGS64846 Broomfauld and Elly NWC	Location Kirriemuir Angus	Status Approved	Distance 7.6 km away	Area 11.34 ha	Approved 15 Aug 2022
20FGS47283 West Kinwhirrie New Woodland Creation	Location DUNDEE Angus	Status Approved	Distance 9.2 km away	Area 10.43 ha	Approved 7 Apr 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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
10 Oct 2026, 13:41 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:49 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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