Application for the acquisition of Slewdrum forest

 

Applicant: Birse Community Trust (BCT)

Please note that the majority of files below are scanned images of original documents.

Approval of Application

Approval of application by Director, Forestry Commission Scotland (PDF 25k)

Evaluation Panel's recommendations

Recommendation of the Evaluation Panel at 28th February 2006 (PDF 27k)
Recommendation of the Evaluation Panel at 15th June 2006 (PDF 15k)

Consultation period: 10th March - 7th April 2006.

• Application form (MS Word document 218k) 
• BCT's Slewdrum forest business plan November 2005 (PDF 110k)
• BCT's 2004 annual report (PDF 100k)  
• BCT's annual accounts to 31st December 2004 (PDF 240k) 
• BCT's trustee biographies (PDF 11k) 
• Report on legal matters relating to the land (PDF 38k)

Maps

• Location map for Birse parish (PDF 33k)
• Location map for Slewdrum forest (PDF 91k)  
• Map of Slewdrum forest (PDF 197k) 

Endorsements

• Forest Enterprise Scotland endorsement of the application (PDF 52k)
• Scottish Natural Heritage endorsement of the application (PDF 52k)
• Aberdeenshire Council endorsement of the application (PDF 63k) 
• Birse Area Community Association endorsement of the application (PDF 58k) 
• Finzean Community Association endorsement of the application (PDF 65k)
• Ballogie Community Association endorsement of the application (PDF 69k)
• Finzean Community Council endorsement of the application (PDF 54k)
• Birse and Ballogie Community Council endorsement of the application (PDF 54k)
• Endorsement from Mike Rumbles MSP (PDF 15k)
• Endorsement from Councillor Pete Argyle (PDF 22k)
• Endorsement from Robert Smith MP (PDF 16k)

Consultation Responses

• Eileen Allan (PDF 10k)
• Graham Boyd (PDF 11k)
• Feughdee West Community Council - 27 March 2006 (PDF 51k)
• Feughdee West Community Council - 10 May 2006 (PDF 23k)

Response by Birse Community Trust to comments by Feughdee West Community Council

• Main response by Birse Community Trust (PDF 49k)
• Annex 1 - Feughdee West Community Council - 27 March 2006 (PDF 51k)
• Annex 2 - Feughdee West Community Council - 10 May 2006 (PDF 23k)
• Annex 3 - Maps of Slewdrum Forest and Banchory (PDF 428k)
• Annex 4 - 1:10 000 Stock maps of Slewdrum Forest (PDF 367k)
• Annex 5 - E-mail to Birse Community Trust from J & H Mitchell WS - 4 May 2006 (PDF 39k) 
• Annex 6 - Aberdeenshire Council map showing electoral etc boundaries (PDF153k)
• Annex 7 - E-mail from Aberdeenshire Council re Community Council areas - 21 April 2006 (PDF 68k)
• Annex 8 - 1953 map of Slewdrum Forest (PDF 530k)
• Annex 9 - Note on Feughdee West Community Council and Strachan Parish (PDF 57k)
• Annex 10 - Note of meeting between Birse Community Trust and Feughdee West Community Council on 23 April 2006 (PDF121k)
• Annex 11 - Letter from Birse Community Trust to Feughdee West Community Council - 26 April 2006 (PDF 116k)
• Annex 12 - Meeting between Hugh Insley Forest Enterprise Scotland and Robin Callander of Birse Commmunity Trust - 17 May 2006 (PDF 45k)