FPA-8550

Cowiesburn

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: Poplar Wood
Nearest town: Pluscarden
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ147572
Total area: 0.85 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 1 November 2021
Application accepted 28 October 2021
Consultation opens 12 November 2021
Consultation closes 10 December 2021
Decision issued 17 December 2021
Restocking due 30 June 2025
First archived 27 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-8550

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2023
Felling area: 0.85 ha
Estimated volume: 350 m³

Species in felling operations

Poplar

Proposed restocking species

Sessile oak

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1	Clear Felling	Poplar	0.85 ha	50 yr	128	350 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	100%	0.85 ha	1,600	—	-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-11328 Cowiesburn	Location Pluscarden Moray	Status Expired	Distance 119 m away	Area 0.85 ha	Decision issued 14 Mar 2024
FPA-10965 Barnhill	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 714 m away	Area 1 ha	Decision issued 22 Sept 2023
FPA-9865 Barnhill	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 714 m away	Area 1 ha	Decision issued 12 Sept 2022
FPA-13432 Blackhill Pluscarden Estate	Location Elgin Moray	Status Under Consideration	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 11.41 ha	Decision issued 21 Aug 2026
FPA-11176 Pluscarden Estate	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 2.8 km away	Area 9.01 ha	Decision issued 1 Feb 2024

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
16FGS12718 Mosstowie Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 11.54 ha	Approved 19 Nov 2018
22FGS67768 Easter Marchhead New Woodland	Location Miltonduff Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 1.11 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2022
23FGS76555 Springburn New Planting	Location Elgin Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.9 km away	Area 2.19 ha	Approved 20 Mar 2024
17FGS17357 Hillhead Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 6.8 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
23FGS74253 Bardonhill 2024	Location Rothes Moray	Status Approved	Distance 7.3 km away	Area 73.82 ha	Approved 24 Jan 2024

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, 20:55 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 14:18 BST

Status when first captured

Expired

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