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FPA-10272

Ardlethen Estate - Windblow

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.

Register grid reference: NJ918310 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Windblow Sites
Nearest town
Ellon
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ918310
Total area
3.48 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 December 2022
  2. Application accepted 22 December 2022
  3. Consultation opens 14 February 2023
  4. Consultation closes 14 March 2023
  5. Decision issued 16 March 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10272

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Mar 2023 – 28 Feb 2025
Felling area
3.48 ha
Estimated volume
1,320 m³
Thinning area
0 ha

Species in felling operations

Scots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Norway spruceSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
13 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.89 ha 23 yr 1,691 338 m³ None
8 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.79 ha 23 yr 1,501 300 m³ None
9 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.97 ha 23 yr 1,843 368 m³ None
9 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.76 ha 23 yr 1,444 288 m³ None
7 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.07 ha 23 yr 133 26 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
13 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 25.57% 0.89 ha 2,500 — —
8 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 22.7% 0.79 ha 2,500 — —
9 Replant felled area Norway spruce 27.87% 0.97 ha 2,500 — —
9 Replant felled area Norway spruce 21.84% 0.76 ha 2,500 — —
7 Restock by natural regeneration Sitka spruce 2.01% 0.07 ha 2,500 — -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
FLA03565 Ardlethen Farm Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 679 m away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10948 Esslemont Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 751 m away Area 0.01 ha Decision issued
FPA-7049 Esslemont Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 765 m away Area 12.46 ha Decision issued
FPA-6932 Esslemont Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 765 m away Area 1.33 ha Decision issued
FLA03361 Esslemont Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 765 m away Area 1.33 ha Decision issued

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
20FGS53283 Haddo Estate Woodland Creation Location

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.8 km away Area 21.73 ha Approved
18FGS34479 Crosshill Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.93 ha Approved
22FGS69449 Haddo Estate Raxton Location

Tarves

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 4.7 km away Area 2.08 ha Approved
21FGS58983 Gurgedyke Woodland Creation Location

Methlick

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 7.2 km away Area 6.7 ha Approved
16FGS10718 Schivas Estate Hill of Newton Woodland Creation Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 7.3 km away Area 9 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 9.2 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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