FPA-10515

Windyheads 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

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: Windyheads
Nearest town: New Pitsligo
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ859603
Total area: 0.36 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 23 March 2023
Application accepted 20 March 2023
Consultation opens 26 June 2023
Consultation closes 25 June 2023
Decision issued 4 July 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-10515

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jul 2023 – 1 Jul 2025
Felling area: 0.36 ha
Estimated volume: 216 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.36 ha	60 yr	720	216 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	100%	0.36 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
CB286594 Windyheads Farm & Bracklamore	Location New Aberdour Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 686 m away	Area 4.76 ha	Decision issued 14 Oct 2013
CB503527 Tanglewood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 10.2 ha	Decision issued 10 Oct 2014
FPA-10862 Braclamore Farm- Windblow	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 0.58 ha	Decision issued 2 Oct 2023
FPA-12752 Garvel House	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 4.55 ha	Approved 28 Oct 2025
FPA-10298 Craigmaud - Windblow	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 2.43 ha	Decision issued 21 Feb 2023

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
26FGS93401 Garvelside Triangle Wood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Under Consideration	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 1.21 ha	Key date Not published
26FGS92199 Howe of Byth Quarry Woodland Creation	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.1 km away	Area 9.27 ha	Approved 12 Aug 2026
18FGS31298 Lovies Cowbog Woodland Creation 2019	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.3 km away	Area 23.44 ha	Approved 18 Jan 2019
15FGS00594 Fishrie Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 106.1 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018

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, 13:42 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:52 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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