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22FGS67687

Blarich Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Lairg
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC688044

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 9 August 2022
  2. Application accepted 9 August 2022
  3. Consultation opens 13 September 2022
  4. Consultation closes 11 October 2022
  5. Decision issued 9 November 2022

Area

Total area
67.47 ha
Broadleaf
67.47 ha

Official source

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22FGS67687

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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

Strath Carnaig and Strath Fleet Moors

Site 9188

Official SiteLink record for Strath Carnaig and Strath Fleet Moors
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 354 m away Published area 14,701.42 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 688 043

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 121

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols with rankers

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: slightly and moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Raemoir · 35% Brown earths
  • Countesswells · 35% Humus-iron podzols
  • COUNTESSWELLS(RANK) · 30% Rankers
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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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