18FGS27640
West Merkland New Planting
Approved Forestry Grant Scheme
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Where
- Local authority
- Highland Council
- Conservancy
- Highland and Islands Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NC369334
Key dates
- Application registered 29 November 2018
- Application accepted 29 November 2018
- Consultation opens 11 April 2018
- Consultation closes 9 May 2018
- Decision issued 29 November 2018
Area
- Total area
- 32.39 ha
- Conifer
- 12.54 ha
- Broadleaf
- 19.85 ha
Official source
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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
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 · NC 369 334
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peaty podzols
Map unit 31
Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys with peaty rankers
- Soil association
- Arkaig
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
- Landform
- Hill sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Kildonan · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
- Tombain · 35% Peaty gleys
- Arkaig · 30% Peaty rankers
Land Capability for Forestry
F6 Very limited flexibility for trees
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