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24FGS79839

16 Rhugashinish South Uist part of the Woodland Trust Croft Woodlands Project

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Rhughasinish
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NF806451

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 3 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 30 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 30 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 19 September 2024

Area

Total area
0.32 ha
Broadleaf
0.32 ha

Official source

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24FGS79839

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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 Bee

Site 965

Official SiteLink record for Loch Bee ↗ 		Designation MIXED Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 1,109.17 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NF 805 451

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 392

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Lochinver
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lewisian gneisses
Landform
Hill sides and undulating land 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.

  • LOCHINVER(PG) · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F7 Land unsuitable 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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.