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17FGS17657

Fearna Lodge New Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC129251

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 23 February 2018
  4. Consultation closes 23 March 2018
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
18.23 ha
Broadleaf
18.23 ha

Official source

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17FGS17657

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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

Assynt Lochs

Site 1713

Official SiteLink record for Assynt Lochs
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 1,158.19 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Loch Beannach Islands

Site 964

Official SiteLink record for Loch Beannach Islands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 31.6 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 128 250

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 395

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers

Soil association
Lochinver
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lewisian gneisses
Landform
Rugged dissected lowlands and hills with gentle and strong slopes: very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • LOCHINVER(PG) · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 35% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
  • LOCHINVER(PRANK) · 30% Peaty rankers
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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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