FPA-12331
Waterside Farm
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Waterside Farm
- Nearest town
- Banchory Devenick
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ917027
Key dates
- Application registered 7 March 2025
- Application accepted 3 March 2025
- Consultation opens 1 August 2025
- Consultation closes 29 July 2025
- Decision issued 4 August 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2030
Area
- Total area
- 7.40 ha
- Broadleaf
- 7.40 ha
Official source
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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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First captured
- Status when first captured
- Approved
Earlier changes may not have been captured.
Forestry operations
Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.
- Felling window
- 7 Mar 2025 – 28 Feb 2027
- Felling area
- 7.4 ha
- Estimated volume
- 40 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 7.4 ha · 100% of felling licence
Proposed restocking species
Downy birch Field maple Hawthorn Hazel Rowan Whitebeam Wild cherry (Gean) Willow
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Felling | Alder | 3.7 ha | 20 yr | 3,000 | 20 m³ | all |
| 1 | Clear Felling | Ash | 3.7 ha | 20 yr | 3,000 | 20 m³ | all |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Rowan | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Downy birch | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Field maple | 5.41% | 0.4 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Hawthorn | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Willow | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Wild cherry (Gean) | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Hazel | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
| AA | Plant an alternative area | Whitebeam | 13.51% | 1 ha | 1,600 | — | AA |
Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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.
No SSSIs within 2 km.
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NJ 916 026
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nearby records
Nearby land sales
Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.