FPA-10136

Elchies Forest - STORM

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: Elchies Forest
Nearest town: Archiestown
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ239451
Total area: 4.20 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 3 November 2022
Application accepted 2 November 2022
Consultation opens 11 November 2022
Consultation closes 9 December 2022
Decision issued 23 December 2022
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-10136

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 3 Nov 2022 – 1 Mar 2023
Felling area: 4.2 ha
Estimated volume: 1,673 m³
Thinning area: 0 ha

Species in felling operations

Norway spruceSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
10680	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.8 ha	58 yr	272	261 m³	n/a
10680	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	3.4 ha	57 yr	1,265	1,412 m³	n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
10680	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	59.52%	2.5 ha	2,700	—	—
10680	Replant felled area	Lodgepol e pine	28.57%	1.2 ha	2,700	—	—
10680	Create Designed Open Ground	—	11.9%	0.5 ha	—	—	-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-13010 Cairnvonie	Location Archieston Moray	Status Approved	Distance 853 m away	Area 5.87 ha	Approved 12 Mar 2026
FLA01140 Wester Elchies	Location Archiestown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.02 ha	Decision issued 31 Mar 2016
FPA-8408 Wester Elchies Estate	Location Archiestown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.22 ha	Decision issued 15 Oct 2021
CB366957 Rothes Estate	Location Rothes Moray	Status Expired	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 2.5 ha	Decision issued 14 Mar 2014
CB514476 Macallan Distillery, Easter Elchies, AB38 9RX	Location Craigellachie Moray	Status Expired	Distance 3.7 km away	Area 0.08 ha	Decision issued 6 Oct 2014

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
25FGS88319 Royburn WC	Location Aberlour Moray	Status Under Consideration	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 14.77 ha	Key date Not published
20FGS54145 Annfield WC	Location Archiestown Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 2.9 ha	Approved 21 Dec 2020
19FGS42723 Rothes Hunthill West New Woodland 2019	Location ARDGOUR Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 77.12 ha	Approved 10 Dec 2019
19FGS44206 Wester Elchies WC	Location ABERLOUR Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 15.38 ha	Approved 6 Mar 2020
23FGS75494 Glen of Rothes New Woodland Creation	Location Rothes Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 390.55 ha	Approved 20 Mar 2024

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, 13:48 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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