FPA-12752

Garvel House

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: Garvel Wood
Nearest town: New Pitsligo
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ865579
Total area: 4.55 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 28 July 2025
Application accepted 30 July 2025
Consultation opens 3 September 2025
Consultation closes 1 October 2025
Decision issued 28 October 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2030
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12752

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 31 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2026
Felling area: 4.55 ha
Estimated volume: 4,308 m³
Thinning area: 5.65 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 4.58 ha · 100.7% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

AlderBeechPedunculate oakSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
1a:	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	1.08 ha	65 yr	2,000	1,100 m³	n/a
4a:	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.25 ha	55 yr	400	200 m³	n/a
4b:	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	0.19 ha	55 yr	340	150 m³	n/a
5b:	Clear Felling	Mixed conifers	3.03 ha	53 yr	5,500	2,100 m³	n/a

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
2a:	Mixed conifers	0.32 ha	79 m³	2,200	1,760
3a:	Mixed conifers	2.83 ha	400 m³	1,800	1,440
5a:	Mixed conifers	0.45 ha	80 m³	1,800	1,440
2b:	Mixed broadleaves	0.85 ha	30 m³	1,200	960
2c:	Mixed conifers	0.33 ha	20 m³	2,200	1,760
5c:	Mixed conifers	0.87 ha	149 m³	1,800	1,440

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
1a:	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	60.19%	0.65 ha	2,600	—	—
1a:	Replant felled area	Beech	20.37%	0.22 ha	1,600	—	—
1a:	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	20.37%	0.22 ha	1,599	—	—
4a:	Replant felled area	Beech	52%	0.13 ha	1,598	—	—
4a:	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	52%	0.13 ha	1,600	—	—
4b:	Replant felled area	Beech	26.32%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
4b:	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	26.32%	0.05 ha	1,600	—	—
4b:	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	52.63%	0.1 ha	2,600	—	—
5b:	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	49.83%	1.51 ha	2,600	—	—
5b:	Replant felled area	Beech	20.13%	0.61 ha	1,600	—	—
5b:	Replant felled area	Pedunculate oak	20.13%	0.61 ha	1,600	—	—
5b:	Replant felled area	Common alder	9.9%	0.3 ha	1,600	—	—

Nearby

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Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
CB503527 Tanglewood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.3 km away	Area 10.2 ha	Decision issued 10 Oct 2014
FPA-10298 Craigmaud - Windblow	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 2.43 ha	Decision issued 21 Feb 2023
FPA-8132 Craigmaud	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 2.43 ha	Decision issued 8 Dec 2021
FPA-10862 Braclamore Farm- Windblow	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 0.58 ha	Decision issued 2 Oct 2023
CB96277 Turclossie Muir Wood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 5.13 ha	Decision issued 17 Sept 2012

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
26FGS93401 Garvelside Triangle Wood	Location New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire	Status Under Consideration	Distance 752 m away	Area 1.21 ha	Key date Not published
26FGS92199 Howe of Byth Quarry Woodland Creation	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 9.27 ha	Approved 12 Aug 2026
18FGS31298 Lovies Cowbog Woodland Creation 2019	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 23.44 ha	Approved 18 Jan 2019
15FGS00594 Fishrie Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 4.5 km away	Area 106.1 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
20FGS51503 Worldsend Native Woodland	Location Maud Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 9.5 km away	Area 13.04 ha	Approved 5 Jan 2021

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Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:28 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:49 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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