FPA-9922

Brux 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
T - Thinning

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: Drumgoudrum Hill
Nearest town: Lumsden
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ486165
Total area: 3.92 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 17 August 2022
Application accepted 25 March 2022
Consultation opens 17 August 2022
Consultation closes 14 September 2022
Decision issued 21 September 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-9922

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 17 Aug 2022 – 1 Apr 2024
Felling area: 3.92 ha
Estimated volume: 2,899 m³
Thinning area: 35.72 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Hybrid larchMixed native broadleavesScots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1A	Clear Felling	Scots pine	3.92 ha	60 yr	1,960	1,078 m³	N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2A	Scots pine	28.58 ha	1,400 m³
2A	European larch	7.14 ha	421 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	Scots pine	63.01%	2.47 ha	2,500	—	—
1a	Replant felled area	Hybrid larch	31.63%	1.24 ha	2,500	—	—
1b	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	5.36%	0.21 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
CB249836 Brux Estate	Location Lumsden Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 495 m away	Area 14.37 ha	Decision issued 16 Jul 2013
FPA-12508 Ardhuncart Estate	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 0.94 ha	Approved 4 Jun 2025
FPA-8434 Donview	Location Mossat Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 0.01 ha	Decision issued 5 Nov 2021
FPA-13362 Bithnie Forest	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Under Consideration	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 28.01 ha	Decision issued 26 Aug 2026
FLA02199 Cairncoullie Farm	Location Towie/Glenkindie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 0.49 ha	Decision issued 16 Jun 2017

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
17FGS23957 Quarryfield and Blackbaulk	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 7.3 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
16FGS13137 Fichlie Native Woods	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 4.64 ha	Approved 19 Nov 2018
24FGS79661 Kildrummy Muir	Location Kildrummy Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.7 km away	Area 351.68 ha	Approved 12 Nov 2024
22FGS68067 Balchimmy Woodland Creation	Location Cushnie/Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.9 km away	Area 204.09 ha	Approved 28 Nov 2022
18FGS32198 Culhay WC	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.7 km away	Area 168.09 ha	Approved 18 Dec 2018

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, 13:50 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:04 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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