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25FGS88319

Royburn WC

Under Consideration Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Aberlour
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ234432

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 29 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 August 2026
  4. Consultation closes 15 September 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
14.77 ha
Conifer
14.77 ha

Official source

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25FGS88319

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First archived 19 August 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 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

River Spey

Site 1699

Official SiteLink record for River Spey
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 981 m away Published area 1,959.91 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 233 432

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 5

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Aberlour
Parent material
Drifts derived from acid schists and granitic rocks
Landform
Valley sides with concave and regular with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Luig · 70% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Cantraydoune · 30% Peaty gleys
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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.