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18FGS35598

Loch Riddon Wood

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS024796

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 January 2019
  2. Application accepted 10 January 2019
  3. Consultation opens 14 January 2019
  4. Consultation closes 11 February 2019
  5. Decision issued 6 April 2021

Area

Total area
76.91 ha
Conifer
51.00 ha
Broadleaf
25.91 ha

Official source

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18FGS35598

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH18_0362_1569

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0444

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0764-1221a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH16_1057_Craig_Lodge

P. ramorum

Hosts: Rhododendron

Status Closed Proximity 2.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0529

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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

Ruel Estuary

Site 1395

Official SiteLink record for Ruel Estuary
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 920 m away Published area 315.29 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 024 795

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 336

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Kintyre
Parent material
Drifts derived from Dalradian schists and red sandstones, often water-modified
Landform
Undulating foothills with gentle slopes: slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • KINTYRE(PG) · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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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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