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FPA-12916

Borrohill-Windblow

Approved 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: NJ920546 · 100 × 100 m grid square

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

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Borrowhill
Nearest town
Strichen
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration
Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NJ920546
Total area
4.79 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 October 2025
  2. Application accepted 6 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 21 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 17 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 24 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030
  7. First archived 9 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12916

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
6 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026
Felling area
4.79 ha
Estimated volume
1,707 m³
Proposed restocking
4.79 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

Norway spruceSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1a: Clear Felling Mixed conifers 1.97 ha 30 yr 3,940 720 m³ —
2a: Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.48 ha 30 yr 960 168 m³ —
3a: Clear Felling Mixed conifers 1.28 ha 30 yr 2,560 448 m³ —
1b: Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.82 ha 30 yr 1,640 287 m³ —
2b: Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.24 ha 30 yr 480 84 m³ —

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1a: Replant felled area Sitka spruce 70.61% 1.97 ha 2,612 — —
1b: Replant felled area Sitka spruce 29.39% 0.82 ha 2,596 — —
2a: Replant felled area Norway spruce 66.67% 0.48 ha 2,600 — —
2b: Replant felled area Norway spruce 33.33% 0.24 ha 2,600 — —
3a Replant felled area Norway spruce 100% 1.28 ha 2,600 — —

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
FLA03067 Borrohill Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 638 m away Area 1.84 ha Decision issued
CB33932 Newmill House Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.0 km away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10860 Adziel & Backhill Woods Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 13.5 ha Decision issued
FLA-6172 Newton Wood Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 1.13 ha Decision issued
CB279092 Strichen Burial Ground Location

Strichen

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 0.19 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
20FGS51503 Worldsend Native Woodland Location

Maud

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 3.7 km away Area 13.04 ha Approved
26FGS93401 Garvelside Triangle Wood Location

New Pitsligo

Aberdeenshire

Status Under Consideration Distance 7.5 km away Area 1.21 ha Key date Not published
26FGS92199 Howe of Byth Quarry Woodland Creation Location

Maud

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 9.0 km away Area 9.27 ha Approved
19FGS38324 Wester Cardno woodland creation Location

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 9.7 km away Area 2.85 ha Approved
18FGS31298 Lovies Cowbog Woodland Creation 2019 Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 9.8 km away Area 23.44 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

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

  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
    Approved

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