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FPA-10560

West Touxhill Woods (Lot 1)

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
  • FO - Felling Individual Trees
  • SF - Selective Felling
  • T - Thinning

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

Register grid reference: NJ888415 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
West Touxhill Woods (Lot 1)
Nearest town
Auchnagatt, Ellon
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ888415
Total area
0.50 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 April 2023
  2. Application accepted 29 March 2023
  3. Consultation opens 4 July 2023
  4. Consultation closes 3 July 2023
  5. Decision issued 13 July 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2029
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10560

Find this record on the official register

Forestry operations

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

Felling window
31 May 2023 – 4 Apr 2026
Felling area
0.5 ha
Estimated volume
580 m³
Thinning area
1.45 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post Basal Area

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
A Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.35 ha 30 yr 250 30 m³ —
C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.15 ha 30 yr 260 190 m³ —

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post Basal Area.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume Before basal area (m²/ha) After basal area (m²/ha)
B Sitka spruce 0.05 ha 60 m³ 2,100 1,400
D Sitka spruce 1.4 ha 300 m³ 2,100 1,400

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
A Restock by coppice regrowth Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.35 ha 1,100 — —
C Restock with individual trees Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.15 ha — 260 -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
FPA-10802 West Touxhill Forest Location

Auchnagatt

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 242 m away Area 0.2 ha Decision issued
FPA-10913 West Touxhill Forest Location

Auchnagatt

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 656 m away Area 50.57 ha Approved
FPA-8254 North Skelmonae Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 0.36 ha Decision issued
FPA-7459 North Skelmonae Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 0.75 ha Decision issued
FPA-13058 West Touxhill Location

New Deer

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.4 km away Area 23.3 ha Approved

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
22FGS68647 Woodland Grant 2022 Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 2.2 km away Area 8.78 ha Approved
16FGS10718 Schivas Estate Hill of Newton Woodland Creation Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 3.4 km away Area 9 ha Approved
21FGS58983 Gurgedyke Woodland Creation Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.8 km away Area 6.7 ha Approved
20FGS51563 Hillhead of Auchreddie Woodland Creation Location

New Deer

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 6.2 km away Area 5.57 ha Approved
19FGS37784 West Crichie Native Woods Location

Stuartfield

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 8.1 km away Area 7.37 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

Within 10 km

Polesburn Wood Methlick, Aberdeenshire £50,000 19.2 ha 5.2 km away Under offer

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded listing points.

Changes

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

  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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