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FPA-10515

Windyheads Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Windyheads
Nearest town
New Pitsligo
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ859603

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 March 2023
  2. Application accepted 20 March 2023
  3. Consultation opens 26 June 2023
  4. Consultation closes 25 June 2023
  5. Decision issued 4 July 2023

Area

Total area
0.36 ha
Conifer
0.36 ha

Official source

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FPA-10515

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

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Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Tore of Troup

Site 1547

Official SiteLink record for Tore of Troup
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 410 m away Published area 809.98 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 858 603

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 281

Peaty gleys with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Hatton
Parent material
Drifts derived from Middle and Lower Old Red Sandstone conglomerates
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.

  • Quirn · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Inverchor · 25% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Blackrie · 25% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.