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Glen Dye Moor EIA Report Volume 1 - Non-Technical Summary

Last updated :09 Dec 2025

Topic: Manage forests

Sub topic: Environmental Impact Assessment

The Non-Technical Summary for Glen Dye Moor in Aberdeenshire, the site of a large woodland creation and peatland restoration project.

Summary

Glen Dye Moor is a proposed forestry EIA project on the eastern edge of the Grampian Mountains.

The proposal area covers 6,325 hectares. It includes 3,000 hectares of new woodland (2,000 hectares of native woodland and 1,000 hectares of productive conifer).

Consultation

Scottish Woodlands Ltd has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report under the Forestry EIA (Scotland) Regulations 2017.

We are consulting the public and statutory stakeholders on this report until 21 January 2026. Consultation feedback will inform our decision to consent or refuse the project later in 2026.
 

EIA Report documents

Glen Dye Moor EIA Report Volume 1 - Non-Technical Summary

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