FPA-13349

Birkenhill Wood

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.

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

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Birkenhill Wood
Nearest town: Elgin
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ228602
Total area: 6.93 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 19 March 2026
Application accepted 22 December 2025
Consultation opens 2 June 2026
Consultation closes 30 June 2026
Decision issued 3 July 2026
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 8 July 2026
Last seen on the register 7 October 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-13349

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 19 Mar 2026 – 19 Mar 2028
Felling area: 6.93 ha
Estimated volume: 1,495 m³
Proposed restocking: 6.93 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Beech Birch Oak Rowan Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1A	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	4.83 ha	35 yr	1,600	1,075 m³	none
2A	Clear Felling	Scots pine	2.1 ha	70 yr	200	420 m³	yes

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1A	Restock by natural regeneration	Oak	7.22%	0.5 ha	1,600	—	—
1A	Restock by natural regeneration	Beech	8.66%	0.6 ha	1,600	—	—
1A	Restock by natural regeneration	Birch	8.66%	0.6 ha	1,600	—	—
1A	Restock by natural regeneration	Rowan	4.33%	0.3 ha	1,600	—	—
1A	Restock by natural regeneration	Scots pine	40.84%	2.83 ha	2,500	—	—
2A	Restock by natural regeneration	Scots pine	14.43%	1 ha	2,500	—	—
2A	Restock by natural regeneration	Birch	7.22%	0.5 ha	1,600	—	—
2A	Restock by natural regeneration	Oak	8.66%	0.6 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA02363 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 300 m away	Area 4.5 ha	Decision issued 5 Oct 2017
FPA-11421 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 413 m away	Area 3 ha	Decision issued 27 Jun 2024
FPA-8327 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 413 m away	Area 4 ha	Decision issued 24 Nov 2021
FLA03440 Birkenhill	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 800 m away	Area 6.4 ha	Decision issued 25 Oct 2018
FPA-10653 Linkwood Farms - Linkwood Cpt 7	Location Elgin Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 0.95 ha	Decision issued 4 Aug 2023

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
18FGS33759 Burnside of Birnie Riparian woods	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 1.52 ha	Approved 8 Jan 2019
17FGS17357 Hillhead Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
21FGS60686 The Level Farm new woodland	Location Elgin Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 7.3 ha	Approved 22 Feb 2023
17FGS24219 Lossieside Wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 7.03 ha	Approved 30 Nov 2018
16FGS13097 West wood	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 3.51 ha	Approved 13 May 2020

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
9 Sept 2026, 06:06 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
8 Jul 2026, 21:39 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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