FPA-10318

Whitecairns - 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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: SB1
Nearest town: Whitecairns
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ921183
Total area: 0.23 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 18 January 2023
Application accepted 16 January 2023
Consultation opens 3 March 2023
Consultation closes 3 March 2023
Decision issued 9 March 2023
Restocking due 30 June 2026
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10318

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Mar 2023 – 1 Mar 2025
Felling area: 0.23 ha
Estimated volume: 250 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
SB1	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.23 ha	60 yr	460	250 m³	NONE

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
SB1	Replant felled area	Mixed broadleaves	100%	0.23 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
FLA02882 Hillhead of Muirton	Location Potterton Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 0.61 ha	Decision issued 27 Apr 2018
FLA03196 Kingseat Woods	Location Newmachar Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 3.8 ha	Decision issued 5 Sept 2018
FPA-11575 Hillhead of Craigie	Location Ellon Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 0.82 ha	Approved 30 Jul 2024
FPA-11872 Plodhill	Location Potterton Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 2.49 ha	Approved 9 Jun 2025
FPA-11066 Hillhead of Cannahars	Location Newmacher Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 0.05 ha	Decision issued 27 Nov 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
23FGS73854 Woodland at Wester Craigie	Location Newmachar Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 2.16 ha	Approved 13 Nov 2023
16FGS12892 Backhill Native Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 3.9 ha	Approved 21 Mar 2019
18FGS31938 Balmedie Farm Woodland	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 7.59 ha	Approved 13 Mar 2020
16FGS13437 Northfields Udny Station	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 3.2 ha	Approved 19 Nov 2018
21FGS60303 Riverview New Woodland	Location Dyce Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 6.2 km away	Area 3.12 ha	Approved 7 Dec 2021

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, 13:46 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:57 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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