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FPA-12633

Linkwood Farms

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Muckle Burn Shelterbelts
Nearest town
Forres
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ021610

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 25 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 21 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 20 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 25 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
1.28 ha
Conifer
1.28 ha

Official source

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FPA-12633

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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
30 Jun 2025 – 29 Jun 2026
Felling area
1.28 ha
Estimated volume
385 m³
Proposed restocking
1.28 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
25a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.95 ha 35 yr 950 285 m³ n/a
26a Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.33 ha 35 yr 330 100 m³ n/a

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
25a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 74.22% 0.95 ha 2,500
26a Replant felled area Sitka spruce 25.78% 0.33 ha 2,500
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Protected places

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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

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

Site 478

Official SiteLink record for Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay
Designation MIXED Proximity 413 m away Published area 4,923.83 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 021 609

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

National soil map of Scotland

Alluvial soils

Map unit 1

Mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Alluvial Soils
Parent material
Recent riverine and lacustrine alluvial deposits
Landform
Flood plains with river terraces and former lake beds
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 25% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 20% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 15% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 10% Mineral alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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