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FPA-13159

Gordon Cottage Tullochallum

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gordon Cottage Copse
Nearest town
Dufftown
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ338392

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 January 2026
  2. Application accepted 8 January 2026
  3. Consultation opens 2 February 2026
  4. Consultation closes 2 March 2026
  5. Decision issued 30 March 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.03 ha
Conifer
0.03 ha

Official source

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FPA-13159

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
Felling area
0.03 ha
Estimated volume
32 m³
Proposed restocking
0.03 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Hawthorn Hazel Rowan Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.03 ha 60 yr 42 32 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
A Replant felled area Silver birch 40% 0.01 ha 1,600
A Replant felled area Hawthorn 20% 0.01 ha 1,600
A Replant felled area Rowan 20% 0.01 ha 1,600
A Replant felled area Hazel 20% 0.01 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 337 391

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 498

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Strichen · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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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.