FPA-12950

Dunecht estates

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Edinglassie House
Nearest town: Strathdon
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy: Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference: NJ327122

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Key dates

Application registered 21 October 2025
Application accepted 20 October 2025
Consultation opens 20 November 2025
Consultation closes 18 December 2025
Decision issued 5 February 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area: 0.17 ha
Conifer: 0.03 ha

Official source

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FPA-12950

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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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9 Jul 2026, 09:46 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 Mar 2026 – 1 Apr 2026
Felling area: 0.17 ha
Estimated volume: 71 m³
Thinning area: 4.33 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 0.17 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

European silver fir Norway spruce

Proposed restocking species

Beech Rowan Sessile oak Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
E34a1	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.14 ha	40 yr	260	21 m³	Feller select
E34a1	Clear Felling	European silver fir	0.03 ha	40 yr	10	10 m³	Feller select

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
E3a1	Mixed broadleaves	0.5 ha	10 m³
E3b1	Mixed broadleaves	2.59 ha	10 m³
E33a1	Mixed broadleaves	0.62 ha	10 m³
E33a1	Mixed conifers	0.62 ha	10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
E34a1	Replant felled area	Beech	80%	0.14 ha	1,600	—	—
E34a1	Replant felled area	Rowan	5.29%	0.01 ha	1,600	—	—
E34a1	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	9.41%	0.02 ha	1,600	—	—
E34a1	Replant felled area	Silver birch	5.29%	0.01 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
Green Hill of Strathdon Site 742 Official SiteLink record for Green Hill of Strathdon ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.0 km away	Published area 640.91 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Green Hill of Strathdon

Site 742

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.0 km away

Published area 640.91 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 326 121

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

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

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Within 10 km

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