FPA-9419

Balvenie

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: Gallowhill
Nearest town: Dufftown
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ317415
Total area: 0.90 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 4 April 2022
Application accepted 1 April 2022
Consultation opens 1 August 2022
Consultation closes 1 August 2022
Decision issued 1 August 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-9419

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 May 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Felling area: 0.9 ha
Estimated volume: 350 m³
Thinning area: 6 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density

Species in felling operations

LarchNorway spruceSilver birch

Proposed restocking species

HazelLarchSessile oakSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Silver birch	0.3 ha	50 yr	180	80 m³	None
1	Clear Felling	Larch	0.2 ha	50 yr	50	50 m³	None
1	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.4 ha	50 yr	110	100 m³	None

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
1	Scots pine	4 ha	60 m³	600	570
1	Larch	2 ha	60 m³	180	150

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Larch	55.56%	0.5 ha	2,500	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	11.11%	0.1 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	22.22%	0.2 ha	1,600	—	—
1	Replant felled area	Hazel	11.11%	0.1 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
FLA-6295 Balvenie Estate	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 61 m away	Area 1.56 ha	Decision issued 24 Apr 2019
FPA-8551 Kininvie	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 0.15 ha	Decision issued 1 Feb 2022
FPA-6492 Balvenie Estate	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 2.63 ha	Decision issued 26 Jul 2019
FPA-11178 Buchromb Wood	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 1.03 ha	Decision issued 31 Jan 2024
FLA00326 Masters Wood, Dufftown	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 1.1 ha	Decision issued 21 Apr 2015

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
22FGS65005 Little Tullich New Woodland	Location Dufftown Moray	Status Approved	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 4.79 ha	Approved 22 Sept 2022
21FGS56803 High Forest Woodland creation	Location Craigellachie Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.7 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 6 Jan 2023
18FGS30698 CONVALS WOODLANDS	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 4.22 ha	Approved 30 Nov 2018
23FGS75494 Glen of Rothes New Woodland Creation	Location Rothes Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.5 km away	Area 390.55 ha	Approved 20 Mar 2024
19FGS44206 Wester Elchies WC	Location ABERLOUR Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.6 km away	Area 15.38 ha	Approved 6 Mar 2020

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, 20:00 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:07 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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