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FPA-12866

Gowner Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gowner Wood
Nearest town
Oldmeldrum
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ821286

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Key dates

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

Area

Total area
2.62 ha
Conifer
2.62 ha

Official source

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FPA-12866

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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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Track changes

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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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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
1 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2028
Felling area
2.62 ha
Estimated volume
786 m³
Proposed restocking
2.62 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.62 ha 60 yr 5,764 786 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Sitka spruce area 61.83% 1.62 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled Douglas fir area 27.1% 0.71 ha 2,500
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 9.16% 0.24 ha 1,600
1 Replant felled Woody shrubs area 1.91% 0.05 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 821 285

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 517

Brown earths

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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