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FPA-13359

Rothiemay House

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Rothiemay House Wood
Nearest town
Huntly
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ552485

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 March 2026
  2. Application accepted 3 March 2026
  3. Consultation opens 11 May 2026
  4. Consultation closes 8 June 2026
  5. Decision issued 29 June 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
2.40 ha
Conifer
2.40 ha

Official source

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FPA-13359

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 9 September 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
25 Mar 2026 – 15 Mar 2027
Felling area
2.4 ha
Estimated volume
3,000 m³
Proposed restocking
2.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
RH Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.4 ha 53 yr 5,000 3,000 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
RH Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 86.25% 2.07 ha 1,600
RH Create Designed Open Ground 13.75% 0.33 ha
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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 551 484

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 517

Brown earths

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tarves · 50% Brown earths
  • Thistlyhill · 50% Brown earths
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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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Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-9953 Rothiemay House - Windblow Location

Huntly

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Status Expired Distance 0 m away Area 2.4 ha Key date Not published
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Rothiemay

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Status Expired Distance 728 m away Area 1.28 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 944 m away Area 0.45 ha Approved
CB51104 Avochie Estate Location

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Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 1.1 km away Area 0.47 ha Decision issued
FLA00395 Mannoch Hill Location

Rothiemay

Moray

Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 3.38 ha Decision issued

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

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Status Approved Distance 1.9 km away Area 3.66 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 3.1 km away Area 27.5 ha Approved
18FGS27558 LONGCLIFFE WOODLAND CREATION 2018 Location

Aberdeenshire

Status Approved Distance 3.2 km away Area 12.2 ha Approved

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