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23FGS73213

Foich Native Woodlands

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Braemore
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH194779

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 June 2023
  2. Application accepted 16 June 2023
  3. Consultation opens 9 January 2024
  4. Consultation closes 6 February 2024
  5. Decision issued 18 March 2024

Area

Total area
22.99 ha
Broadleaf
22.99 ha

Official source

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23FGS73213

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First archived 27 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

Corrieshalloch Gorge

Site 405

Official SiteLink record for Corrieshalloch Gorge
Designation MIXED Proximity 744 m away Published area 6.99 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Fannich Hills

Site 627

Official SiteLink record for Fannich Hills
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.3 km away Published area 10,896.79 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Beinn Dearg

Site 165

Official SiteLink record for Beinn Dearg
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 13,851.74 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 194 778

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 23

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and uplands 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.

  • Badanloch · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Kildonan · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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.