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23FGS75854

Gorie

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Bressay
Local authority
Shetland Islands Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
HU514398

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 October 2023
  2. Application accepted 25 October 2023
  3. Consultation opens 13 December 2023
  4. Consultation closes 11 December 2023
  5. Decision issued 9 January 2024

Area

Total area
0.90 ha
Broadleaf
0.90 ha

Official source

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23FGS75854

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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

Noss

Site 1249

Official SiteLink record for Noss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 343.07 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · HU 513 398

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 460

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Skelberry
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones, flagstones and conglomerates of Middle and Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Undulating lowlands 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.

  • SKELBERRY(PP) · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • SKELBERRY(PG) · 50% Peaty gleys
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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.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
25FGS89021 Beth Wood Location

Lerwick

Shetland Islands

Status Approved Distance 7.0 km away Area 0.4 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.