FPA-10067

Craigievar Castle - Windblow2

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: Craigievar Woods
Nearest town: Alford
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ566095
Total area: 6.24 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 6 October 2022
Application accepted 18 January 2022
Consultation opens 22 December 2022
Consultation closes 19 January 2023
Decision issued 23 January 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-10067

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 7 Jan 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Felling area: 6.24 ha
Estimated volume: 1,528 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
A1	Clear Felling	Scots pine	6.24 ha	55 yr	2,184	1,528 m³	—

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
A1	Replant felled area	Scots pine	100%	6.24 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-6688 Craigievar	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 393 m away	Area 0.03 ha	Decision issued 8 Oct 2019
FPA-10716 Knockandoch farm	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 876 m away	Area 0.09 ha	Decision issued 6 Sept 2023
FPA-9985 Craigievar Castle - Windblow	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 902 m away	Area 3.73 ha	Decision issued 1 Dec 2022
CB256507 Craigievar Castle	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 0.07 ha	Decision issued 25 Jul 2013
FPA-8765 Old Mains, Lumphanan	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 0.4 ha	Decision issued 2 Feb 2022

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
23FGS70594 Lower Broomhill WC	Location Tornaveen Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 88.28 ha	Approved 20 Jul 2023
20FGS52783 TTH Whitehouse Farm Woodland Creation 2020	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.3 km away	Area 13.85 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021
21FGS60965 Craigenhigh WC	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 165.35 ha	Approved 8 Feb 2022
22FGS67989 Broadbog	Location Tarland Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.1 km away	Area 41.73 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2023
22FGS68067 Balchimmy Woodland Creation	Location Cushnie/Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.4 km away	Area 204.09 ha	Approved 28 Nov 2022

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, 13:47 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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