FPA-12407

Cushnie 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: Cushnie Woods
Nearest town: Alford
Local authority: Aberdeenshire Council
Forestry administration: Grampian Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NJ493100
Total area: 13.70 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 27 March 2025
Application accepted 27 March 2025
Consultation opens 7 May 2025
Consultation closes 6 May 2025
Decision issued 7 May 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2031
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12407

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window: 30 May 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
Felling area: 13.7 ha
Estimated volume: 7,185 m³
Thinning area: 50.1 ha
Thinning basis: Volume to be removed
Proposed restocking: 13.7 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

BeechLodgepole pineScots pineSitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Lodgepole pineMixed native broadleavesScots pineSitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
41163	Clear Felling	Lodgepole pine	0.1 ha	48 yr	263	35 m³	N/A
41163	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.4 ha	48 yr	2,042	521 m³	N/A
41295	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.8 ha	58 yr	3,872	601 m³	N/A
41593	Clear Felling	Beech	0.6 ha	125 yr	189	445 m³	N/A
41593	Clear Felling	Scots pine	3.7 ha	76 yr	974	930 m³	N/A
41593	Clear Felling	Scots pine	1.7 ha	76 yr	778	927 m³	N/A
41823	Clear Felling	Lodgepole pine	3.3 ha	60 yr	9,243	710 m³	N/A
41823	Clear Felling	Sitka spruce	1.1 ha	60 yr	1,904	631 m³	N/A

Thinning operations

Representation: Volume to be removed.

Detailed proposed thinning operations
Site/Cpt	Species	Area	Volume removed
41174	Scots pine	0.2 ha	7 m³
41174	Sitka spruce	49.9 ha	2,378 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
41163	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	0.04%	1.5 ha	1,600	—	—
41295	Replant felled area	Scots pine	0.05%	1.8 ha	2,700	—	—
41593	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	0.15%	6 ha	4,000	—	—
41823	Replant felled area	Lodgepole pine	0.06%	2.2 ha	2,700	—	—
41823	Replant felled area	Sitka spruce	0.06%	2.2 ha	2,700	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-10131 Balchimmy Farm - Windblow	Location Cushnie Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 2.09 ha	Decision issued 13 Dec 2022
FLA01100 Balchimmy Farm	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Decision issued 2 Mar 2016
FLA00014 Balchimmy Farm	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.0 km away	Area 5.61 ha	Decision issued 4 Dec 2014
FPA-9793 Brideswell Farm - Windblow	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.1 km away	Area 1.9 ha	Decision issued 5 Oct 2022
FLA02851 Wester Leochel Wood	Location Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 1.9 km away	Area 24.26 ha	Decision issued 5 Mar 2018

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
22FGS67989 Broadbog	Location Tarland Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 964 m away	Area 41.73 ha	Approved 6 Jan 2023
22FGS68067 Balchimmy Woodland Creation	Location Cushnie/Alford Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 1.8 km away	Area 204.09 ha	Approved 28 Nov 2022
19FGS37603 Pittenderich Woodland Creation	Location DUNBLANE Aberdeenshire	Status Expired	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 0 ha	Decision issued 15 Jul 2019
23FGS75213 Pittenderich WC 2023 24	Location Tarland Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 3.2 km away	Area 76.35 ha	Approved 13 Mar 2024
20FGS52783 TTH Whitehouse Farm Woodland Creation 2020	Location Lumphanan Aberdeenshire	Status Approved	Distance 5.2 km away	Area 13.85 ha	Approved 3 Mar 2021

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
4 Nov 2026, 06:41 GMT

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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