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FPA-9596

Newton of Kinmundy - Windblow

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Smaburn Wood Cpt 28
Nearest town
Mintlaw
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NK018413

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 May 2022
  2. Application accepted 18 May 2022
  3. Consultation opens 18 July 2022
  4. Consultation closes 15 August 2022
  5. Decision issued 21 July 2022

Area

Total area
2.00 ha
Conifer
2.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-9596

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Moss of Cruden

Site 1197

Official SiteLink record for Moss of Cruden
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 952 m away Published area 85.77 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NK 018 413

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 518

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Pitmedden · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Pettymuck · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.