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FPA-12755

Hazlehead Nursery

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Hazlehead Nursery
Nearest town
Aberdeen
Local authority
Aberdeen City Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ899054

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 July 2025
  2. Application accepted 23 July 2025
  3. Consultation opens 14 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 11 September 2025
  5. Decision issued 7 November 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.83 ha
Conifer
0.15 ha
Broadleaf
0.45 ha

Official source

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FPA-12755

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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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  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
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
Felling area
0.83 ha
Estimated volume
364 m³
Proposed restocking
0.88 ha · 106% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.21 ha 25 yr 252 55 m³ NO
2 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.27 ha 25 yr 1,080 216 m³ NO
3 Clear Felling Alder 0.03 ha 25 yr 46 5 m³ NO
3 Clear Felling Beech 0.01 ha 25 yr 24 3 m³ NO
3 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.01 ha 25 yr 18 2 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Norway spruce 0.02 ha 25 yr 10 4 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Douglas fir 0.02 ha 25 yr 4 2 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.04 ha 25 yr 17 8 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Scots pine 0.03 ha 25 yr 16 7 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Silver birch 0.02 ha 25 yr 6 1 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Beech 0.05 ha 25 yr 21 8 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling European larch 0.02 ha 25 yr 5 2 m³ NO
4 Clear Felling Sycamore 0.05 ha 25 yr 25 11 m³ NO
5 Clear Felling Lawson cypress 0.04 ha 25 yr 75 32 m³ NO
6 Clear Felling Field maple 0.01 ha 25 yr 78 8 m³ NO

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1,2,3,4,5,6 Plant an alternative area Alder 21.2% 0.18 ha 1,600 AA
1,2,3,4,5,6 Plant an alternative area Wild cherry (Gean) 21.2% 0.18 ha 1,600 AA
1,2,3,4,5,6 Plant an alternative area Rowan 21.2% 0.18 ha 1,600 AA
1,2,3,4,5,6 Plant an alternative area Hazel 21.2% 0.18 ha 1,600 AA
1,2,3,4,5,6 Plant an alternative area Silver birch 21.2% 0.18 ha 1,600 AA
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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 898 053

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 115

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Countesswells · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

Built up area

Source code F8

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Sources, licence and limitations

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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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