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23FGS72613

Balvraid Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Glenelg
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG847165

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 May 2023
  2. Application accepted 30 May 2023
  3. Consultation opens 12 December 2023
  4. Consultation closes 22 January 2024
  5. Decision issued 8 March 2024

Area

Total area
57.68 ha
Broadleaf
57.68 ha

Official source

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23FGS72613

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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

Druim Iosal

Site 532

Official SiteLink record for Druim Iosal
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 349 m away Published area 50.66 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Beinn a' Chapuill

Site 160

Official SiteLink record for Beinn a' Chapuill
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 894 m away Published area 522.41 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NG 847 164

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 99

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Corby
Parent material
Fluvioglacial and raised beach sands and gravels derived from acid rocks
Landform
Valley floors and lowland with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Corby · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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.