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22FGS66406

Helshetter Strath Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Janetstown
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC964615

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 June 2022
  2. Application accepted 6 June 2022
  3. Consultation opens 21 June 2022
  4. Consultation closes 19 July 2022
  5. Decision issued 9 September 2022

Area

Total area
42.07 ha
Broadleaf
42.07 ha

Official source

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22FGS66406

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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

East Halladale

Site 585

Official SiteLink record for East Halladale
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 942 m away Published area 8,503.36 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 963 614

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 4

Dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Parent material
Organic deposits
Landform
Uplands and northern lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Blanket Peat · 100% Dystrophic blanket peat
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.