23FGS73896

Ride Ness Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town: Fort Augustus
Local authority: Highland Council
Conservancy: Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference: NH391073

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 17 July 2023
Application accepted 20 July 2023
Consultation opens 3 January 2024
Consultation closes 10 February 2024
Decision issued 4 July 2024

Area

Total area: 186.88 ha
Conifer: 143.74 ha
Broadleaf: 43.14 ha

Official source

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23FGS73896

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

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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
STH20_0070_a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.2 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0070_b P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.7 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0064_a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.7 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0064_c P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.7 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH20_0064_b 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
Glen Tarff Site 725 Official SiteLink record for Glen Tarff ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 994 m away	Published area 270 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Glen Tarff

Site 725

Official SiteLink record ↗

Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 994 m away

Published area 270 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 391 073

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 30

Peaty gleyed podzols with podzolic rankers with peaty rankers

Soil association: Arkaig
Parent material: Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform: Rugged hills with strong and steep slopes: very rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Kildonan · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
ARKAIG(PODRANK) · 25% Podzolic rankers
Arkaig · 25% Peaty rankers

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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility for trees