FPA-8560

Drum Estate - Mossend

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

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: Mossend
Nearest town: Drumoak
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NO817999
Total area: 4.43 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 4 November 2021
Application accepted 10 November 2021
Consultation opens 22 December 2021
Consultation closes 30 January 2022
Decision issued 1 April 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-8560

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Dec 2021 – 30 Nov 2026
Felling area: 4.43 ha
Estimated volume: 706 m³

Species in felling operations

Norway spruceScots pine

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruceWild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
11a	Clear Felling	Scots pine	2.22 ha	66 yr	960	336 m³	All trees
11a	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	2.21 ha	66 yr	820	370 m³	All trees

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
11a	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	65.01%	2.88 ha	2,500	—	—
11a	Replant felled area	Wild cherry (Gean)	20.09%	0.89 ha	1,600	—	—
11a	Create Designed Open Ground	—	14.9%	0.66 ha	—	—	-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
CB400242 Drum Estate	Location Drumoak Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 658 m away	Area 0.89 ha	Decision issued 21 May 2014
FLA02545 Easter Anguston Farm (Wood)	Location Peterculter Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 3.38 ha	Decision issued 6 Nov 2017
FLA01862 Granite City Forest	Location Aberdeen Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 0.06 ha	Decision issued 27 Jan 2017
CB522383 Drum Castle Estate	Location Drumoak Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 0.2 ha	Decision issued 3 Nov 2014
FPA-7062 Kincluny Farm	Location Durris Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.4 km away	Area 0.1 ha	Decision issued 3 Jun 2020

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
18FGS26698 Contlaw Wood	Location Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 3.1 km away	Area 3.7 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
17FGS19897 South Lasts Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 4.6 km away	Area 8.29 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
20FGS48043 Hilton of Durris Woodland Creation	Location Banchory Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.9 km away	Area 2.15 ha	Approved 16 Jun 2020
17FGS20617 Westfield Native Woodland	Location Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 5.1 km away	Area 10.04 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
19FGS40143 Land at Craigentath	Location KINCARDINESHIRE Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.7 km away	Area 1.85 ha	Approved 12 Feb 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, 20:52 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:16 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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