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FPA-12368

East Coast Viners- Windblow

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Bridge of Fiddes
Nearest town
Drumlithie
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO797807

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 16 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 17 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 14 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 18 August 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
0.35 ha
Conifer
0.35 ha

Official source

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FPA-12368

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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
1 Aug 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Felling area
0.35 ha
Estimated volume
212 m³
Thinning area
1.02 ha
Thinning basis
Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking
0.35 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves Woody shrubs

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1b Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.12 ha 30 yr 95 39 m³ no
1c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.23 ha 30 yr 113 68 m³ no

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/CptSpeciesAreaVolumeBefore (stems/ha)After (stems/ha)
1a Sitka spruce 0.18 ha 38 m³ 1,100 700
1d Sitka spruce 0.15 ha 15 m³ 1,000 700
1d Scots pine 0.16 ha 15 m³ 1,000 700
1e Sitka spruce 0.26 ha 19 m³ 1,000 700
1e Scots pine 0.27 ha 18 m³ 1,000 700

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1b Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 100% 0.12 ha 1,600
1c Replant felled area Woody shrubs 100% 0.23 ha 1,600
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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 · NO 797 806

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 273

Brown earths

Soil association
Gleneagles
Parent material
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas, and acid schists
Landform
Mounds and terraces with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Gleneagles · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 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.