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22FGS70135

Orrin Valley Project

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Muir Of Ord
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH467516

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 December 2022
  2. Application accepted 20 December 2022
  3. Consultation opens 6 March 2023
  4. Consultation closes 3 April 2023
  5. Decision issued 18 May 2023

Area

Total area
1133.71 ha
Conifer
335.88 ha
Broadleaf
750.22 ha
Natural reserve (NNR)
47.61 ha

Official source

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22FGS70135

Find 22FGS70135 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH17_0543 Contin 4

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Issued Proximity 4.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 466 515

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 425

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
North Mormond
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and acid metamorphic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Phorp · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Urchany · 50% 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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