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FPA-12586

Cruchie Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Cruchie Wood
Nearest town
Huntly
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ582430

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 30 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 22 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 25 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
6.50 ha
Conifer
6.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-12586

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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
30 Jul 2025 – 30 Jul 2026
Felling area
6.5 ha
Estimated volume
5,690 m³
Proposed restocking
6.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

European larch Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
NJ58 1614 2970 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.5 ha 50 yr 3,500 1,500 m³ windblow
NJ58 2364 3079 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 4.5 ha 50 yr 9,500 3,840 m³ windblow
NJ58 3094 3051 Clear Felling European larch 0.5 ha 50 yr 1,150 350 m³ windblow

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
NJ58233643079 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 100% 6.5 ha 2,500
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 582 430

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 243

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle to steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Foudland · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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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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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.