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20FGS53163

Loch Choire Woodland Creation Phase 2

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Lairg
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC701304

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 September 2020
  2. Application accepted 9 September 2020
  3. Consultation opens 11 September 2020
  4. Consultation closes 9 October 2020
  5. Decision issued 15 December 2020

Area

Total area
182.63 ha
Broadleaf
179.63 ha
Natural reserve (NNR)
3.00 ha

Official source

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20FGS53163

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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

Truderscaig

Site 1567

Official SiteLink record for Truderscaig
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 555 m away Published area 1,072.28 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Skinsdale Peatlands

Site 1439

Official SiteLink record for Skinsdale Peatlands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 998 m away Published area 7,046.56 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 700 304

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 29

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Undulating hills 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.

  • Badanloch · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined 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.