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26FGS93039

Larches Woodland Creation

Open For Comment Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Evanton
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH623691

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 June 2026
  2. Application accepted 23 June 2026
  3. Consultation opens 30 September 2026
  4. Consultation closes 27 October 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
5.22 ha
Broadleaf
5.22 ha

Official source

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26FGS93039

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First archived 1 October 2026 · last seen on the register 1 October 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

Cromarty Firth

Site 467

Official SiteLink record for Cromarty Firth ↗
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 3,146.4 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 622 690

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 17

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Ardvanie
Parent material
Morainic drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone strata and Moine Schists
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Ardvanie · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very good 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.