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25FGS88739

Abergeldie Natural Regeneration

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Ballater
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO309950

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 September 2025
  2. Application accepted 11 September 2025
  3. Consultation opens 11 September 2025
  4. Consultation closes 9 October 2025
  5. Decision issued 22 January 2026

Area

Total area
335.50 ha
Natural reserve (NNR)
335.50 ha

Official source

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25FGS88739

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First archived 9 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 309 949

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 129

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty rankers

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Rugged hills with strong and steep slopes: very rocky with some scree
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Charr · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Spinneag · 50% Peaty rankers
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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.