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19FGS38284

Lower Dess

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
BANCHORY
Local authority
Aberdeenshire Council
Conservancy
Grampian Conservancy
Grid reference
NO567993

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 1 April 2019
  2. Application accepted 2 April 2019
  3. Consultation opens 29 May 2019
  4. Consultation closes 26 June 2019
  5. Decision issued 1 October 2019

Area

Total area
60.26 ha
Conifer
48.43 ha
Broadleaf
11.83 ha

Official source

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19FGS38284

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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

Quithel Wood

Site 1320

Official SiteLink record for Quithel Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 925 m away Published area 12.87 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 567 993

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 520

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Tillypronie · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.