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FPA-8471

Castle Hotel

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
  • T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NJ532412 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Nearest town
Huntly
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ532412
Total area
0.20 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 September 2021
  2. Application accepted 25 November 2021
  3. Consultation opens 29 November 2021
  4. Consultation closes 27 December 2021
  5. Decision issued 7 January 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2025
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-8471

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
25 Nov 2021 – 15 Aug 2022
Felling area
0.2 ha
Estimated volume
20.18 m³
Thinning area
1.6 ha
Thinning basis
Volume to be removed

Species in felling operations

BirchEuropean larchScots pineSitka spruceWillow

Proposed restocking species

BeechBirchLimeNorway mapleOakRowan

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.15 ha 50 yr 58 15.18 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.02 ha 50 yr 12 0.88 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling European larch 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 0.74 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Birch 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 0.03 m³ N/A
1 Clear Felling Willow 0.01 ha 50 yr 1 0.08 m³ N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt Species Area Volume removed
2 Birch 0.4 ha 0.29 m³
2 Leyland cypress 0.4 ha 0.26 m³
2 Ash 0.4 ha 0.31 m³
2 Sycamore 0.4 ha 2.41 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Birch 17% 0.03 ha — 13 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Lime 17% 0.03 ha — 13 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Beech 5% 0.01 ha — 4 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Whitebea m 10% 0.02 ha — 8 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Norway maple 17% 0.03 ha — 13 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Rowan 17% 0.03 ha — 13 —
Cpt 1 Restock with individual trees Oak 17% 0.03 ha — 13 -3/4

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-10966 Huntly Public Woodlands Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 7.9 ha Decision issued
FLA02367 Battlehill Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 2.6 ha Decision issued
FPA-8522 Aller Croft Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.38 ha Decision issued
FPA-10914 The Clachan - Windblow Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 0.27 ha Decision issued
FPA-8559 Unit 13, Steven Road Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 0.01 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
26FGS93880 Reams Hill Location

Huntly

 Status Under Consideration Distance 3.9 km away Area 33.84 ha Key date Not published
23FGS73033 Red Craig Woodland Creation Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 4.2 km away Area 80.75 ha Approved
18FGS27558 LONGCLIFFE WOODLAND CREATION 2018 Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 4.3 km away Area 12.2 ha Approved
18FGS32659 Auchinbo Woodland Creation Location

Huntly

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.3 km away Area 27.5 ha Approved
21FGS56224 Kinmonty Woodland Creation 2021 Location

Rothiemay

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 5.8 km away Area 8.6 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

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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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