23FGS70273
Otterswick Woods
Approved Forestry Grant Scheme
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Where
- Nearest town
- Otterswick
- Local authority
- Shetland Islands Council
- Conservancy
- Highland and Islands Conservancy
- Grid reference
- HU521852
Key dates
- Application registered 6 January 2023
- Application accepted 9 January 2023
- Consultation opens 11 July 2023
- Consultation closes 11 July 2023
- Decision issued 5 September 2023
Area
- Total area
- 1.00 ha
- Broadleaf
- 1.00 ha
Official source
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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterswick Site 8109 Official SiteLink record for Otterswick ↗ | Designation BIOLOGICAL | Proximity 777 m away | Published area 1,388.41 ha | Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL |
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · HU 520 852
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peaty gleys
Map unit 29
Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat
- Soil association
- Arkaig
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
- Landform
- Undulating hills with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Badanloch · 50% Peaty gleys
- Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat