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FPA-12388

Lower Oldmill Farm

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Lower Oldmill
Nearest town
Turriff
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ739470

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 17 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 22 April 2025
  4. Consultation closes 20 May 2025
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
4.04 ha
Conifer
4.04 ha

Official source

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FPA-12388

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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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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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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 Jul 2025 – 5 Jul 2027
Felling area
4.04 ha
Estimated volume
1,374 m³
Proposed restocking
4.04 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Mixed conifers Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.24 ha 65 yr 6,480 1,134 m³ None
1 Clear Felling Mixed conifers 0.8 ha 65 yr 1,600 240 m³ None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 Replant felled area Mixed broadleaves 80.2% 3.24 ha 1,600
1 Create Designed Open Ground 19.8% 0.8 ha
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Protected places

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Within 2 km

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Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 739 470

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 428

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Ordley
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and argillaceous schists
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Ordley · 35% Brown earths
  • Cuminestown · 30% Humus-iron podzols
  • Glaschul · 35% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.