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21FGS57765

Hillhead of Gask Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Boddam
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NK088410

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 31 March 2021
  2. Application accepted 7 April 2021
  3. Consultation opens 27 May 2021
  4. Consultation closes 24 June 2021
  5. Decision issued 17 August 2021

Area

Total area
43.15 ha
Conifer
43.15 ha

Official source

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21FGS57765

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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

Hill of Longhaven

Site 785

Official SiteLink record for Hill of Longhaven
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 1.41 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NK 087 410

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 545

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Tipperty
Parent material
Red lacustrine silts and clays derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tipperty · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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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FPA-10814 Burnside View Location

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Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 0.56 ha Decision issued
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Hatton

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 0.7 ha Decision issued
FLA03359 Braco Location

Hatton

Aberdeenshire

Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 0.6 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.