FPA-12538
Easter New Forres Wood
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Easter New Forres Wood
- Nearest town
- Forres
- Local authority
- Moray Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ073581
Key dates
- Application registered 12 May 2025
- Application accepted 8 May 2025
- Consultation opens 2 July 2025
- Consultation closes 1 July 2025
- Decision issued 23 July 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2030
Area
- Total area
- 1.15 ha
- Conifer
- 1.15 ha
Official source
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FPA-12538 Find FPA-12538 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.
First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
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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 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027
- Felling area
- 1.15 ha
- Estimated volume
- 235 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 1.15 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Aspen Birch Hazel Other broadleaves Red oak Rowan Sessile oak Wild cherry (Gean)
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.95 ha | 42 yr | 700 | 200 m³ | n/a |
| G | Selective Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.2 ha | 42 yr | 100 | 35 m³ | n/a |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Replant felled area | Rowan | 14.78% | 0.17 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| F | Replant felled area | Wild cherry (Gean) | 20% | 0.23 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| F | Replant felled area | Sessile oak | 20% | 0.23 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| F | Replant felled area | Birch | 20% | 0.23 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| G | Replant felled area | Aspen | 5.22% | 0.06 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| G | Replant felled area | Hazel | 5.22% | 0.06 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| G | Replant felled area | Red oak | 5.22% | 0.06 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| G | Replant felled area | Other broadleaves | 9.57% | 0.11 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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No SSSIs within 2 km.
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NJ 073 580
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Mineral podzols
Map unit 498
Humus-iron podzols
- Soil association
- Strichen
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands and hills with strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Strichen · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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