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FPA-13576

Fort George Training Estate

Open For Comment Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Area 3 Woodlands
Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH793567

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 July 2026
  2. Application accepted 10 July 2026
  3. Consultation opens 5 October 2026
  4. Consultation closes 1 November 2026
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
1.36 ha
Conifer
1.36 ha

Official source

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FPA-13576

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First archived 6 October 2026 · last seen on the register 6 October 2026.

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Track changes

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  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

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

Ardersier Glacial Deposits

Site 71

Official SiteLink record for Ardersier Glacial Deposits ↗
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 820 m away Published area 50.97 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Whiteness Head

Site 1633

Official SiteLink record for Whiteness Head ↗
Designation MIXED Proximity 860 m away Published area 350.8 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 793 567

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 420

Humus-iron podzols with regosols

Soil association
Nigg
Parent material
Undifferentiated raised beach deposits
Landform
Raised beach terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Pithogarty · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • NIGG(REG) · 50% Regosols
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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.

Nearby records

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Highland

Status Approved Distance 0 m away Area 0 ha Approved
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Highland

Status Expired Distance 200 m away Area 0.5 ha Decision issued
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Status Open For Comment Distance 1.4 km away Area 0 ha Consultation ends
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Highland

Status Expired Distance 5.7 km away Area 0.2 ha Decision issued
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Highland

Status Expired Distance 6.3 km away Area 13.11 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.