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23FGS72153

Achavoulaig NWC

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Rothesay
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS018682

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 May 2023
  2. Application accepted 3 May 2023
  3. Consultation opens 25 June 2024
  4. Consultation closes 23 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 24 September 2024

Area

Total area
142.79 ha
Broadleaf
142.79 ha

Official source

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23FGS72153

Find 23FGS72153 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 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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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH21_0006-1181

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Closed Proximity 2.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0493

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0270_0272

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 3.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0446

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0519

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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

North End of Bute

Site 1231

Official SiteLink record for North End of Bute
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 229 m away Published area 929.11 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 017 681

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 246

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Undulating lowland and lower hill slopes with gentle to strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Shanquhar · 70% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 30% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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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.

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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.