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19FGS41863

L Pearson Croft Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
THURSO
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC671626

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 August 2019
  2. Application accepted 21 August 2019
  3. Consultation opens 28 August 2019
  4. Consultation closes 25 September 2019
  5. Decision issued 11 September 2019

Area

Total area
1.54 ha
Broadleaf
1.54 ha

Official source

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19FGS41863

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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

Aird Torrisdale

Site 24

Official SiteLink record for Aird Torrisdale
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 221 m away Published area 134.61 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Invernaver

Site 815

Official SiteLink record for Invernaver
Designation MIXED Proximity 850 m away Published area 624.04 ha Geographic scope MIXED

River Borgie

Site 1685

Official SiteLink record for River Borgie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 33.98 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 670 626

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 18

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

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

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

  • Aberscross · 50% Brown earths
  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F7 Land unsuitable 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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