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FPA-10217

Little Thornton, Mearns Wood

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: NO668707 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Mearns Wood
Nearest town
Fettercairn
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NO668707
Total area
1.68 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 December 2022
  2. Application accepted 19 November 2022
  3. Consultation opens 19 January 2023
  4. Consultation closes 16 February 2023
  5. Decision issued 9 March 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-10217

Find this record on the official register

Current Scottish public register · New consultations from 3 November 2026.

Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Feb 2023 – 2 Feb 2024
Felling area
1.68 ha
Estimated volume
369 m³
Thinning area
0 ha

Species in felling operations

Downy birchScots pine

Proposed restocking species

Sessile oakSilver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1a Clear Felling Scots pine 1.26 ha 50 yr 1,000 319 m³ —
1a Clear Felling Downy birch 0.42 ha 45 yr 200 50 m³ —

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1a Replant felled area Silver birch 50% 0.84 ha 2,500 — —
1a Replant felled area Sessile oak 25% 0.42 ha 2,500 — —
1a Replant felled area Sycamo re 25% 0.42 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
FPA-12277 Coupers Wood Location

Fettercairn

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 744 m away Area 0.5 ha Approved
CB374747 Thornton Location

Laurencekirk

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 1.6 ha Decision issued
CB65231 Thornton Location

Laurencekirk

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 5 ha Decision issued
FPA-11027 Thornton Estate Location

Laurencekirk

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.2 km away Area 5.58 ha Decision issued
FLA03485 Caldhame PLantation Location

Luthermuir

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 2.3 km away Area 1.3 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
25FGS85919 Marys Wood Location

Laurencekirk

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.2 km away Area 13.24 ha Approved
16FGS10976 JOHNSTON MAINS Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.3 km away Area 9.94 ha Approved
20FGS55023 Glensaugh Woodland Creation Location

Fettercairn

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 6.7 km away Area 98.81 ha Approved
20FGS55024 Fettercairn Woodland Creation Location

Fettercairn

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 7.2 km away Area 45.91 ha Approved
20FGS54743 Fasque Lowland Woodland Creation Location

Fettercairn

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 7.4 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued

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.

  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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