20FGS52743
Backhill Moulinearn Woodland Creation
Approved Forestry Grant Scheme
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Where
- Nearest town
- Lumphanan
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Conservancy
- Grampian Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NJ630055
Key dates
- Application registered 31 August 2020
- Application accepted 2 September 2020
- Consultation opens 9 October 2020
- Consultation closes 5 November 2020
- Decision issued 3 March 2021
Area
- Total area
- 43.49 ha
- Conifer
- 43.49 ha
Official source
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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
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 · NJ 629 054
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Mineral gleys
Map unit 116
Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys
- Soil association
- Countesswells
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Terryvale · 70% Noncalcareous gleys
- Drumlasie · 30% Peaty gleys
Land Capability for Forestry
F4 Moderate flexibility for trees
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