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17FGS22197

Rechullin Wood

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG860575

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 17 November 2017
  4. Consultation closes 15 December 2017
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
16.05 ha
Broadleaf
16.05 ha

Official source

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17FGS22197

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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

Torridon Forest

Site 1550

Official SiteLink record for Torridon Forest
Designation MIXED Proximity 317 m away Published area 5,798.19 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Abhainn Alligin

Site 10

Official SiteLink record for Abhainn Alligin
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 31.58 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NG 860 574

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 559

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Torridon
Parent material
Drifts derived from Torridonian sandstones and grits
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.

  • TORRIDON(PP) · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • TORRIDON(PG) · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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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