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20FGS48463

Moss of Rothes Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Rothes
Local authority
Moray Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ241511

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 24 March 2020
  2. Application accepted 25 March 2020
  3. Consultation opens 7 April 2020
  4. Consultation closes 5 May 2020
  5. Decision issued 7 July 2020

Area

Total area
121.13 ha
Conifer
121.13 ha

Official source

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20FGS48463

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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

Gull Nest

Site 752

Official SiteLink record for Gull Nest
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 879 m away Published area 254.98 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 240 511

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 26

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty gleys

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hummocky valley and slope moraines: often bouldery
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Kildonan · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Semi-confined peat · 35% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
  • Badanloch · 30% Peaty 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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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.