FPA-13104

Crowmallie

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Crowmallie Woods
Nearest town: Inverurie
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy: Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference: NJ701253

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 19 December 2025
Application accepted 19 December 2025
Consultation opens 19 January 2026
Consultation closes 18 January 2026
Decision issued 6 July 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2031

Area

Total area: 2.06 ha
Conifer: 2.06 ha

Official source

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FPA-13104

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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26 Aug 2026, 14:20 BST

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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:45 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window: 1 Aug 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Felling area: 2.06 ha
Estimated volume: 1,365 m³
Thinning area: 16.2 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 2.06 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
2	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.17 ha	75 yr	45	200 m³	—
4	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.89 ha	60 yr	850	750 m³	—

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	2 ha	200 m³	350	100
1	Birch	0.68 ha	10 m³	100	90
3	Sitka spruce	0.5 ha	50 m³	350	300
3	Birch	0.29 ha	5 m³	20	15
5	Mixed broadleaves	12.73 ha	150 m³	300	275

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2	Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves	—	100%	0.17 ha	1,600	—	—
4	Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves	—	74.07%	1.4 ha	1,600	—	—
4	Replant felled Scots pine area	—	25.93%	0.49 ha	1,600	—	—

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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
Pittodrie Site 1296 Official SiteLink record for Pittodrie ↗	Designation GEOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.1 km away	Published area 0.14 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Pittodrie

Site 1296

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Designation GEOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.1 km away

Published area 0.14 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 700 252

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 316

Brown earths

Soil association: Insch
Parent material: Drifts derived from gabbros and allied igneous rocks
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.

Insch · 100% Brown earths

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-10626 Crowmallie House-Windblow	Location INVERURIE Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 0 m away	Area 2.06 ha	Decision issued 17 Aug 2023
CB434568 Logie House	Location Pitcaple Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 600 m away	Area 0.81 ha	Decision issued 19 Jun 2014
FLA03487 Den of Crowmallie	Location Chapel of Garioch Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 633 m away	Area 0.15 ha	Decision issued 26 Oct 2018
FPA-7783 Logie Woodlands (MPL)	Location Inverurie Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 949 m away	Area 0 ha	Approved 13 May 2021
FPA-9710 Logie Woodlands - Windblow	Location Inverurie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 2.8 ha	Decision issued 3 Aug 2022