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FPA-12538

Easter New Forres Wood

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Easter New Forres Wood
Nearest town
Forres
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ073581

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 8 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 2 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 1 July 2025
  5. Decision issued 23 July 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
1.15 ha
Conifer
1.15 ha

Official source

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FPA-12538

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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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  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 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027
Felling area
1.15 ha
Estimated volume
235 m³
Proposed restocking
1.15 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
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

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative 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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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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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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