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FPA-6492

Balvenie Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Westertown
Nearest town
Dufftown
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ310428

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 May 2019
  2. Application accepted 28 May 2019
  3. Consultation opens 23 July 2019
  4. Consultation closes 18 July 2019
  5. Decision issued 26 July 2019

Area

Total area
2.63 ha
Conifer
2.63 ha

Official source

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FPA-6492

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 310 428

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 6

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Aberlour
Parent material
Drifts derived from acid schists and granitic rocks
Landform
Hills 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.

  • Lynmore · 60% Humus-iron podzols
  • Glaschoil · 40% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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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Moray

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FPA-9419 Balvenie Location

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Moray

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 0.9 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 4.79 ha Approved
18FGS30698 CONVALS WOODLANDS Location

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Status Approved Distance 3.9 km away Area 4.22 ha Approved
23FGS75494 Glen of Rothes New Woodland Creation Location

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Status Approved Distance 5.6 km away Area 390.55 ha Approved
19FGS44206 Wester Elchies WC Location

ABERLOUR

Moray

Status Approved Distance 5.6 km away Area 15.38 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.