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20FGS53646

Culnakirk Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Drumnadrochit
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH502327

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 22 September 2020
  2. Application accepted 29 September 2020
  3. Consultation opens 30 September 2020
  4. Consultation closes 27 October 2020
  5. Decision issued 9 December 2020

Area

Total area
64.87 ha
Conifer
64.87 ha

Official source

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20FGS53646

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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

Balnagrantach

Site 138

Official SiteLink record for Balnagrantach
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 267 m away Published area 107.09 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Gartally Limestone Quarries

Site 676

Official SiteLink record for Gartally Limestone Quarries
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 3.43 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 502 327

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 28

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Kildonan · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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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