FPA-12511
Auchintoul Wood
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Woodland
- Auchintoul Wood
- Nearest town
- Aberchirder
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ620539
Key dates
- Application registered 30 April 2025
- Application accepted 25 April 2025
- Consultation opens 6 May 2025
- Consultation closes 3 June 2025
- Decision issued 4 June 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2029
Area
- Total area
- 14.77 ha
- Conifer
- 14.77 ha
Official source
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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
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- 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
- 5 May 2025 – 4 May 2026
- Felling area
- 14.77 ha
- Estimated volume
- 3,530 m³
- Proposed restocking
- 14.77 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Alder Downy birch Hawthorn Hazel Hybrid larch Rowan Sitka spruce
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 4.07 ha | 43 yr | 2,100 | 800 m³ | n/a |
| 1c | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 1.52 ha | 43 yr | 350 | 250 m³ | n/a |
| 1d | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 1.05 ha | 43 yr | 600 | 360 m³ | n/a |
| 1e | Clear Felling | Sitka spruce | 0.8 ha | 43 yr | 480 | 220 m³ | n/a |
| 1g | Clear Felling | Lodgepole pine | 6.94 ha | 43 yr | 6,000 | 1,800 m³ | n/a |
| 1h | Clear Felling | Lodgepole pine | 0.39 ha | 43 yr | 585 | 100 m³ | n/a |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 47.66% | 7.04 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 1b | Replant felled area | Hybrid larch | 16.45% | 2.43 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 1c | Replant felled area | Common alder | 0.83% | 0.12 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1c | Replant felled area | Rowan | 0.83% | 0.12 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1c | Replant felled area | Downy birch | 0.56% | 0.08 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1c | Replant felled area | Hawthorn | 0.28% | 0.04 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1c | Replant felled area | Hazel | 0.28% | 0.04 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 1d | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 3.05% | 0.45 ha | — | — | — |
| 2a | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 17.13% | 2.53 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 2b | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 1.29% | 0.19 ha | — | — | — |
| 2c | Replant felled area | Hybrid larch | 8.53% | 1.26 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 2d | Replant felled area | Common alder | 0.61% | 0.09 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 2d | Replant felled area | Rowan | 0.61% | 0.09 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 2d | Replant felled area | Downy birch | 0.41% | 0.06 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 2d | Replant felled area | Hawthorn | 0.2% | 0.03 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 2d | Replant felled area | Hazel | 0.2% | 0.03 ha | 1,600 | — | — |
| 2e | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 1.08% | 0.16 ha | — | — | — |
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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 619 539
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peat
Map unit 3
Dystrophic basin peat
- Soil association
- Organic Soils
- Parent material
- Organic deposits
- Landform
- Basins and valleys
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Basin Peat · 100% Dystrophic basin peat
Land Capability for Forestry
F6 Very limited flexibility for trees
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