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25FGS85680

16 Locheport North Uist Part of the Woodland Trust Croft Woodlands Project

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Locheport
Local authority
Western Isles Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NF868631

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 March 2025
  2. Application accepted 13 March 2025
  3. Consultation opens 19 March 2025
  4. Consultation closes 16 April 2025
  5. Decision issued 9 July 2025

Area

Total area
0.59 ha
Broadleaf
0.59 ha

Official source

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25FGS85680

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Obain Loch Euphoirt

Site 1676

Official SiteLink record for Obain Loch Euphoirt
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 64.59 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Mointeach Scadabhaigh

Site 1048

Official SiteLink record for Mointeach Scadabhaigh
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 4,153.77 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Loch Obisary

Site 1023

Official SiteLink record for Loch Obisary
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 347.3 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NF 867 630

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

National soil map of Scotland

Lochs

Map unit 601

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Land Capability for Forestry

Water

Source code F9

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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.