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FPA-12920

Milton of Grange Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Forres
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ042603

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 October 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 8 December 2025
  5. Decision issued 7 January 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
1.00 ha
Broadleaf
1.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-12920

Find FPA-12920 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026
Felling area
1 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
1 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleaves Sycamore Willow

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Sycamore Willow

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Felling Coppice Willow 0.4 ha 25 yr 100 0 m³
1 Felling Coppice Sycamore 0.4 ha 25 yr 100 0 m³
1 Felling Coppice Mixed broadleaves 0.2 ha 25 yr 50 0 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Restock by coppice regrowth Willow 40% 0.4 ha 100
1 Restock by coppice regrowth Sycamore 40% 0.4 ha 100
1 Restock by coppice regrowth Mixed broadleaves 20% 0.2 ha 50

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

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

Site 478

Official SiteLink record for Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay
Designation MIXED Proximity 665 m away Published area 4,923.83 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 041 603

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Alluvial soils

Map unit 1

Mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Alluvial Soils
Parent material
Recent riverine and lacustrine alluvial deposits
Landform
Flood plains with river terraces and former lake beds
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 25% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Forres

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Status Approved Distance 2.5 km away Area 1.43 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Moray

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.