FPA-12990

Troves

Approved 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: Troves
Nearest town: Elgin
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ240603
Total area: 6.87 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 7 November 2025
Application accepted 29 September 2025
Consultation opens 7 January 2026
Consultation closes 4 February 2026
Decision issued 16 February 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12990

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 6 Jan 2026 – 1 Nov 2027
Felling area: 6.87 ha
Estimated volume: 2,655 m³
Thinning area: 1.83 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 6.87 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Poplar

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Poplar	6.87 ha	40 yr	200	1,374 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
2	Mixed broadleaves	1.31 ha	917 m³
3	Birch	0.52 ha	364 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	100%	6.87 ha	2,700	—	—

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
FLA00724 Linkwood Estate	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 695 m away	Area 7.4 ha	Decision issued 20 Oct 2015
FPA-13349 Birkenhill Wood	Location Elgin Moray	Status Approved	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 6.93 ha	Approved 3 Jul 2026
FLA01710 Linkwood Estate	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 7.4 ha	Decision issued 11 Oct 2016
FLA02363 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 4.5 ha	Decision issued 5 Oct 2017
FPA-11421 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 3 ha	Decision issued 27 Jun 2024

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
17FGS24219 Lossieside Wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 7.03 ha	Approved 30 Nov 2018
18FGS33759 Burnside of Birnie Riparian woods	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 1.52 ha	Approved 8 Jan 2019
21FGS60686 The Level Farm new woodland	Location Elgin Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 7.3 ha	Approved 22 Feb 2023
16FGS13097 West wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 3.51 ha	Approved 13 May 2020
17FGS17357 Hillhead Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Approved 16 Nov 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
4 Nov 2026, 06:20 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:45 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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