FPA-12507
Netherley Wood
Approved Felling Permission Application
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Where
- Nearest town
- Netherley
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NO850932
Key dates
- Application registered 30 April 2025
- Application accepted 30 April 2025
- Consultation opens 1 May 2025
- Consultation closes 29 May 2025
- Decision issued 10 June 2025
- Restocking due 30 June 2029
Area
- Total area
- 1.00 ha
- Conifer
- 1.00 ha
Official source
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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Track changes
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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 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2027
- Felling area
- 1 ha
- Estimated volume
- 192 m³
- Thinning area
- 2.7 ha
- Thinning basis
- Pre/Post stocking density
- Proposed restocking
- 1 ha · 100% of felling licence
Species in felling operations
Proposed restocking species
Felling operations
| Site/Cpt | Operation | Species | Area | Age | Trees | Volume | Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7b | Clear Felling | European larch | 1 ha | 23 yr | 600 | 122 m³ | n/a |
Thinning operations
Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.
| Site/Cpt | Species | Area | Volume | Before (stems/ha) | After (stems/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8a | Sitka spruce | 1.8 ha | 45 m³ | 120 | 85 |
| 9a | Birch | 0.9 ha | 25 m³ | 70 | 48 |
Proposed restocking
| Site/Cpt | Proposal | Species / land use | % of site | Area | Density / ha | Trees | Alternative site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7b | Replant felled area | Sitka spruce | 80% | 0.8 ha | 2,500 | — | — |
| 7b | Create Designed Open Ground | — | 20% | 0.2 ha | — | — | — |
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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.
| Site | Designation | Proximity | Published area | Geographic scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Moss of Netherley Site 1336 Official SiteLink record for Red Moss of Netherley ↗ | Designation BIOLOGICAL | Proximity 789 m away | Published area 93.17 ha | Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL |
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NO 850 931
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Mineral podzols
Map unit 115
Humus-iron podzols
- Soil association
- Countesswells
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Countesswells · 100% Humus-iron podzols
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
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Nearby records
Nearby land sales
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