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FPA-11699

Aberarder Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Aberarder Compt 24
Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH612263

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 June 2024
  2. Application accepted 14 June 2024
  3. Consultation opens 26 June 2024
  4. Consultation closes 24 July 2024
  5. Decision issued 5 August 2024
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area
4.40 ha
Conifer
4.40 ha

Official source

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FPA-11699

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

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

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

Felling window
14 Aug 2024 – 14 Aug 2026
Felling area
4.4 ha
Estimated volume
1,685 m³
Proposed restocking
4.4 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larch Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
24B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 3.69 ha 36 yr 6,302 1,449 m³
24B Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.41 ha 36 yr 638 134 m³
24J Clear Felling Sitka spruce 0.27 ha 36 yr 459 92 m³
24J Clear Felling Japanese larch 0.03 ha 36 yr 46 10 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
24B Replant felled Scots pine area 55.91% 2.46 ha 1,600
24B Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 37.27% 1.64 ha 1,600
24J Replant felled Scots pine area 4.09% 0.18 ha 1,600
24J Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 2.73% 0.12 ha 1,600
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Protected places

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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

Loch Ruthven

Site 1047

Official SiteLink record for Loch Ruthven
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 200.84 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 612 263

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 21

Peaty gleyed podzols

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

  • Kildonan · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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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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.