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FPA-8561

Drum Estate - Murphyhowe

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.

Register grid reference: NJ772016 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Murphyhowe
Nearest town
Drumoak
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ772016
Total area
9.08 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 4 November 2021
  2. Application accepted 10 November 2021
  3. Consultation opens 22 December 2021
  4. Consultation closes 30 January 2022
  5. Decision issued 21 March 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-8561

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
1 Dec 2021 – 31 Dec 2023
Felling area
9.08 ha
Estimated volume
1,843 m³

Species in felling operations

Hybrid larchNorway spruceScots pine

Proposed restocking species

Silver birchSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
37a Clear Felling Scots pine 8.02 ha 55 yr 6,700 1,650 m³ All trees
37a Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.8 ha 55 yr 463 161 m³ All trees
37a Clear Felling Hybrid larch 0.26 ha 55 yr 80 32 m³ All trees

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
37a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70% 6.36 ha 2,500 — —
37a Replant felled area Silver birch 10% 0.91 ha 1,600 — —
37a Create Designed Open Ground — 20% 1.82 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
FPA-11401 Drum Estate Location

Drumoak

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 70 m away Area 9.08 ha Decision issued
FPA-8122 Hardgate Location

Drumoak

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 847 m away Area 2.86 ha Decision issued
FPA-10926 East Hardgate Croft - Windblow Location

Drumoak

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 8.1 ha Decision issued
FLA02481 Hardgate Wood Location

Drumoak

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 7.05 ha Decision issued
CB162555 Drum Estate (Cordiners Securities) Location

Drumoak

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 2.12 ha Decision issued

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
16FGS12818 Candyglirach Woodland Creation Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 2.8 km away Area 6.18 ha Approved
16FGS12417 Leuchar Moss Native Pinewood Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 3.3 km away Area 10.35 ha Approved
17FGS21877 Hill of Fare Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 4.4 km away Area 46.29 ha Approved
20FGS51624 BIRK LODGE Location

Peterculter

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 4.8 km away Area 4.93 ha Approved
18FGS26698 Contlaw Wood Location

Aberdeen City

Status Approved Distance 6.4 km away Area 3.7 ha Approved

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

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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