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23FGS71274

Ballater and Fileachaidh Riparian Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Ballater
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO380960

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 March 2023
  2. Application accepted 8 March 2023
  3. Consultation opens 16 March 2023
  4. Consultation closes 13 April 2023
  5. Decision issued 20 July 2023

Area

Total area
11.05 ha
Broadleaf
11.05 ha

Official source

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23FGS71274

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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

Craigendarroch

Site 429

Official SiteLink record for Craigendarroch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 67.15 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 380 960

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 115

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non- and slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Countesswells · 100% Humus-iron 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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