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FPA-13604

46 Auchintoul

Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Auchintoul Woodlands
Nearest town
Lairg
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH516994

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 July 2026
  2. Application accepted 17 July 2026
  3. Consultation opens 1 October 2026
  4. Consultation closes 28 October 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet
  6. Restocking due Unknown

Area

Total area
0.58 ha
Broadleaf
0.58 ha

Official source

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FPA-13604

Find FPA-13604 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 2 October 2026 · last seen on the register 2 October 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Track changes

Application status changes and data added by Standingwire, newest first. Status dates show when we recorded a change; the register may have changed earlier.

  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

    Information from the application PDF is available below.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028
Felling area
0.58 ha
Estimated volume
78 m³
Proposed restocking
0.58 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Silver birch

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1 Clear Felling Silver birch 0.21 ha 60 yr 228 57 m³ Orange Spot
2 Clear Felling Silver birch 0.37 ha 60 yr 50 21 m³ Orange Spot

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1 I do not intend to restock — 36.21% 0.21 ha — — —
2 I do not intend to restock — 63.79% 0.37 ha — — —

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

Kyle of Sutherland Marshes

Site 885

Official SiteLink record for Kyle of Sutherland Marshes ↗
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 62 m away Published area 404.41 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 515 993

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 20

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides 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.

  • Birichin · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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.