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23FGS70575

Craig Leek Natural Regeneration

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Braemar
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO188910

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 27 January 2023
  2. Application accepted 1 February 2023
  3. Consultation opens 8 March 2023
  4. Consultation closes 5 April 2023
  5. Decision issued 9 April 2024

Area

Total area
882.62 ha
Natural reserve (NNR)
882.62 ha

Official source

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23FGS70575

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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

Creag Clunie and the Lion's Face

Site 1697

Official SiteLink record for Creag Clunie and the Lion's Face
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 361 m away Published area 253.65 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Craig Leek

Site 419

Official SiteLink record for Craig Leek
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.0 km away Published area 185.84 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 188 909

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 98

Humus-iron podzols with mineral alluvial soils with peaty alluvial soils

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

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

  • Corby · 70% Humus-iron podzols
  • Alluvial_loamy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_sandy_wet · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_pal · 5% Peaty alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_loamy_dry · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
  • Alluvial_silty_clay · 5% Mineral alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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.