FPA-13459

Sanquhar 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
T - Thinning

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: Sanquhar Wood
Nearest town: Forres
Local authority: Moray Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ042578
Total area: 1.43 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 7 May 2026
Application accepted 31 March 2026
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-13459

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 14 May 2026 – 7 May 2028
Felling area: 1.43 ha
Estimated volume: 635 m³
Thinning area: 6.44 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 1.43 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Beech Douglas fir Western hemlock

Proposed restocking species

Hazel Rowan Sessile oak Wild cherry (Gean)

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1F	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	0.35 ha	80 yr	120	150 m³	N/A
4a,4q	Clear Felling	Western hemlock	0.86 ha	70 yr	200	200 m³	N/A
4a,4q	Clear Felling	Beech	0.22 ha	70 yr	40	60 m³	N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
1	Sitka spruce	1.25 ha	65 m³
1	Scots pine	1.2 ha	50 m³
2	Sitka spruce	2 ha	100 m³
3	Western hemlock	1.99 ha	10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1f,4a,4b	Replant felled area	Sessile oak	17.54%	0.6 ha	1,600	—	—
1f,4a,4b	Replant felled area	Wild cherry (Gean)	8.19%	0.28 ha	1,600	—	—
1f,4a,4b	Replant felled area	Rowan	8.19%	0.28 ha	1,600	—	—
1f,4a,4b	Replant felled area	Hazel	7.89%	0.27 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
FLA00019 Sanquhar Woodlands	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 200 m away	Area 1.72 ha	Decision issued 28 Nov 2014
FPA-12071 Sanquhar Wood	Location Forres Moray	Status Approved	Distance 539 m away	Area 0.5 ha	Approved 28 Feb 2025
FLA02040 Comp. 202	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 762 m away	Area 0.06 ha	Key date Not published
FLA02979 Sanquhar Mains	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 0.45 ha	Decision issued 13 Apr 2018
FPA-8189 Sanquhar Mains Farm	Location Forres Moray	Status Expired	Distance 1.2 km away	Area 0.45 ha	Decision issued 3 Sept 2021

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
20FGS50163 Mains of Moy Woodlands	Location Forres Moray	Status Approved	Distance 3.5 km away	Area 1.61 ha	Approved 23 Sept 2020
21FGS61286 Mavis Park woods	Location Fetterangus Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 7.8 km away	Area 7.23 ha	Approved 2 Mar 2023
19FGS41543 Longley Woodland Creation FGS 2019	Location FORRES Moray	Status Approved	Distance 8.6 km away	Area 14.18 ha	Approved 4 Nov 2019
17FGS20657 Mill Buie Woodland Creation	Location Moray	Status Approved	Distance 9.2 km away	Area 221.09 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018

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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