FPA-13106

Aboyne Estate

Approved 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: Balnagowan
Nearest town: Aboyne
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ510008
Total area: 2.00 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 22 December 2025
Application accepted 12 December 2025
Consultation opens 9 February 2026
Consultation closes 9 March 2026
Decision issued 20 March 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13106

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
Felling area: 2 ha
Estimated volume: 800 m³
Proposed restocking: 2 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Norway spruce

Proposed restocking species

European larchHazelScots pineSessile oakSilver birchWild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
b	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	2 ha	50 yr	1,000	800 m³	none

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
b	Replant felled area	European larch	45%	0.9 ha	2,500	—	—
b	Replant felled area	Scots pine	45%	0.9 ha	2,500	—	—
b	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	2.5%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
b	Replant felled area	Silver birch	2.5%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
b	Replant felled area	Hazel	2.5%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
b	Replant felled area	Wild cherry (Gean)	2.5%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—

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-7203 Coull House	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 518 m away	Area 5.42 ha	Decision issued 16 Apr 2020
FLA-6139 Coull House	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 518 m away	Area 5.42 ha	Decision issued 25 Apr 2019
FPA-7275 Aboyne Estate	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 606 m away	Area 23.78 ha	Decision issued 16 Sept 2020
FPA-9913 Coull House - Windblow	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 2.38 ha	Decision issued 8 Dec 2022
FPA-6705 Balnagowan Forest	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 23.62 ha	Decision issued 23 Dec 2019

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
23FGS72273 Balnagowan Fields	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 565 m away	Area 18.6 ha	Approved 20 Oct 2023
24FGS79379 Woodland Creation HS inc SFW	Location Aboyne Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 20.72 ha	Approved 19 Sept 2024
17FGS21097 NETHER TILLYLAIR 2	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.0 km away	Area 13.41 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
20FGS52783 TTH Whitehouse Farm Woodland Creation 2020	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.8 km away	Area 13.85 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021
19FGS38284 Lower Dess	Location BANCHORY Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 60.26 ha	Approved 1 Oct 2019

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
4 Nov 2026, 06:17 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:43 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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