FPA-12939

Hillcrest

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

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: Hillcrest shelterbelt
Nearest town: Rothiemay
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ526505
Total area: 0.09 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 14 October 2025
Application accepted 13 October 2025
Consultation opens 9 December 2025
Consultation closes 20 January 2026
Decision issued 30 January 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-12939

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2027
Felling area: 0.09 ha
Estimated volume: 28 m³
Proposed restocking: 0.09 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

BirchMixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
CPT1	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.09 ha	60 yr	72	28 m³	N/A

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1a	Replant felled area	Birch	80%	0.07 ha	1,600	—	—
1a	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	20%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—

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-11461 Tarryblake Woods	Location Huntly Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 9.95 ha	Decision issued 3 Jul 2024
FPA-10827 Shiel Farm	Location Keith-Grange parish Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 1.08 ha	Decision issued 30 Aug 2023
FLA02795 Seggiecrook & Lower Fowlwood	Location Keith Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 0.44 ha	Decision issued 5 Mar 2018
CB465774 Old Manse, Mannochhill	Location Rothiemay Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 5.2 ha	Decision issued 25 Jul 2014
FPA-10208 Leslie Cottage - windblow	Location Grange Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 0.05 ha	Decision issued 28 Feb 2023

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
20FGS50864 Ramsburn Woodland Creation	Location Glenbarry Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 8.26 ha	Approved 25 Mar 2021
21FGS56224 Kinmonty Woodland Creation 2021	Location Rothiemay Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 8.6 ha	Approved 19 Apr 2021
18FGS32938 Hill of Avochie Woodland Creation	Location Huntly Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 3.66 ha	Approved 15 Jan 2019
19FGS40403 Fortry Moss Native Woods	Location Keith Moray	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 3.44 ha	Approved 17 Oct 2019
22FGS67867 Craigmartin Woodland	Location Glenbarry Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.8 km away	Area 49.28 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2023

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, 06:21 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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