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FPA-12842

South Cranna Farm

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Auchanland
Nearest town
Aberchirder
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ594572

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 September 2025
  2. Application accepted 31 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 10 September 2025
  4. Consultation closes 8 October 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 December 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.40 ha
Conifer
0.40 ha

Official source

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FPA-12842

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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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  2. 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
2 Sept 2025 – 30 Oct 2025
Felling area
0.4 ha
Estimated volume
96 m³
Proposed restocking
0.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Scots pine

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.4 ha 45 yr 320 96 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 100% 0.4 ha 1,600
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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Reidside Moss

Site 1343

Official SiteLink record for Reidside Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 650 m away Published area 87.33 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 593 572

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 497

Noncalcareous gleys with humic gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides 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.

  • Anniegathel · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Auquhollie · 50% Humic gleys
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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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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