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23FGS76475

Loch Ashie WC

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH633343

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 November 2023
  2. Application accepted 27 November 2023
  3. Consultation opens 6 January 2025
  4. Consultation closes 14 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 26 March 2025

Area

Total area
10.97 ha
Conifer
6.99 ha
Broadleaf
3.98 ha

Official source

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23FGS76475

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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

Loch Ashie

Site 961

Official SiteLink record for Loch Ashie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 236 m away Published area 162.55 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 632 343

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 146

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Cromarty
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone strata, often with water-modified material
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Navity · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Balnagown · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited 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.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 61.04 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 2.3 km away Area 1.48 ha Decision issued
FLA02175 Bunachton Wood Location

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Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.3 km away Area 35.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-13123 Duntelchaig Location

Midtown, Loch Duntelchaig

Highland

Status Approved Distance 2.3 km away Area 6.28 ha Approved
FLA01003 Duntelchaig Woodland Location

Dores

Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.5 km away Area 7.61 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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INVERNESS

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Status Expired Distance 8.4 km away Area 0 ha Key date Not published

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.