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FPA-11504

Ardvasar Boatyard

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Beside Shed
Nearest town
Ardvasar
Local authority
Western Isles Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG633033

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 4 April 2024
  3. Consultation opens 24 September 2024
  4. Consultation closes 22 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 30 September 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2026

Area

Total area
0.50 ha
Conifer
0.50 ha

Official source

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FPA-11504

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 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

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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 2024 – 30 Sept 2026
Felling area
0.5 ha
Estimated volume
0 m³
Proposed restocking
0.5 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
Compt A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.5 ha 14 yr 7

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
Compt A Restock with individual trees Mixed native broadleaves 100% 0.5 ha 14

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NG 633 033

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 387

Brown earths with brown rankers

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

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

  • LOCHINVER(BFS) · 70% Brown earths
  • LOCHINVER(BRANK) · 30% Brown rankers
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.