FPA-12272

West Woods

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling
T - Thinning

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source ↗ · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: West Woods
Nearest town: Dyce
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ858107
Total area: 1.97 ha

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 18 February 2025
Application accepted 10 February 2025
Consultation opens 22 April 2025
Consultation closes 20 May 2025
Decision issued 9 June 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2029
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12272

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 1 Jun 2025 – 30 Jun 2025
Felling area: 1.97 ha
Estimated volume: 989 m³
Thinning area: 1.5 ha
Thinning basis: Pre/Post stocking density
Proposed restocking: 1.97 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Douglas fir European larch Norway spruce Scots pine Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Hybrid larch Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
4 I	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.41 ha	45 yr	188	118 m³	NO
4 D	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.26 ha	45 yr	156	92 m³	NO
4D	Clear Felling	Scots pine	0.26 ha	45 yr	156	110 m³	NO
4 D	Clear Felling	Norway spruce	0.14 ha	45 yr	84	59 m³	NO
4 D	Clear Felling	European larch	0.26 ha	45 yr	156	110 m³	NO
4 D	Clear Felling	Douglas fir	0.39 ha	45 yr	234	74 m³	NO
4 J	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	0.25 ha	45 yr	273	306 m³	NO

Thinning operations

Representation: Pre/Post stocking density.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume	Before (stems/ha)	After (stems/ha)
5 A	Sitka spruce	1.5 ha	120 m³	1,600	1,100

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
4 D	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	90.08%	1.18 ha	2,500	—	—
4 D	Replant felled area	Hybrid larch	9.92%	0.13 ha	2,500	—	—
4 I	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	90.24%	0.37 ha	2,500	—	—
4 I	Replant felled area	Hybrid larch	9.76%	0.04 ha	2,500	—	—
4 J	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	88%	0.22 ha	2,500	—	—
4 J	Replant felled area	Hybrid larch	12%	0.03 ha	2,500	—	—

Nearby

Felling applications, woodland creation and land listings within 10 km from point.

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA02509 Craibstone Golf Club	Location Aberdeen Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 500 m away	Area 4.83 ha	Decision issued 31 Oct 2017
FPA-10007 Corsehill Farm	Location Aberdeen Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 800 m away	Area 2.67 ha	Decision issued 15 Nov 2022
FLA02931 Westwoods - Craibstone	Location Bucksburn Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 855 m away	Area 2.48 ha	Decision issued 13 Apr 2018
FLA03305 Westwoods - Craibstone	Location Dyce Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 906 m away	Area 7.02 ha	Decision issued 16 Oct 2018
FLA-6227 Craibstone	Location Aberdeen Aberdeen City	Status Expired	Distance 1.7 km away	Area 3.16 ha	Decision issued 29 Mar 2019

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
24FGS78479 Burnhead Orchard	Location Westhill Aberdeenshire	Status Under Consideration	Distance 3.3 km away	Area 0 ha	Key date Not published
21FGS60303 Riverview New Woodland	Location Dyce Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 4.4 km away	Area 3.12 ha	Approved 7 Dec 2021
22FGS69167 BROWNHILLS FARM	Location Hatton of Fintray Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 6.6 km away	Area 11.38 ha	Approved 23 Feb 2023
17FGS19897 South Lasts Woodland Creation	Location Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 6.9 km away	Area 8.29 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018
17FGS20617 Westfield Native Woodland	Location Aberdeen City	Status Approved	Distance 7.0 km away	Area 10.04 ha	Approved 16 Nov 2018

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

Changes recorded by StandingWire, newest first. Dates reflect capture time.

StandingWire added data from the PDF
27 Aug 2026, 13:38 BST

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:56 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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