FPA-12866
Gowner Farm
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Gowner Wood
- Nearest town
- Oldmeldrum
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ821286
Key dates
- Application registered 10 September 2025
- Application accepted 8 September 2025
- Consultation opens 3 October 2025
- Consultation closes 30 October 2025
- Decision issued 10 November 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2030
Area
- Total area
- 2.62 ha
- Conifer
- 2.62 ha
Official source
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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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First captured
- 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 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
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 2.62 ha | 60 yr | 5,764 | 786 m³ | None |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative 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
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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No SSSIs within 2 km.
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
Land Capability for Forestry
F4 Moderate flexibility for trees
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Nearby records
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Nearby records
Nearby land sales
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