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26FGS92499

River Laxford Riparian Planting and Aultnasulaig Native Woodlands

Under Consideration Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Scourie
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC244458

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 May 2026
  2. Application accepted 19 May 2026
  3. Consultation opens 24 July 2026
  4. Consultation closes 21 August 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
103.34 ha
Broadleaf
30.02 ha
Natural reserve (NNR)
73.32 ha

Official source

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26FGS92499

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First archived 27 July 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

Loch Stack and River Laxford

Site 1055

Official SiteLink record for Loch Stack and River Laxford
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 818 m away Published area 767.31 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 243 457

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 395

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers

Soil association
Lochinver
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lewisian gneisses
Landform
Rugged dissected lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • LOCHINVER(PG) · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 35% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
  • LOCHINVER(PRANK) · 30% Peaty rankers
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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.

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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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Within 10 km
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Status Expired Distance 8.5 km away Area 0.18 ha Decision issued

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.