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FPA-11222

Leanachan Forest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Lon Leanachan
Nearest town
Fort William
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN204791

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 January 2024
  2. Application accepted 22 December 2023
  3. Consultation opens 22 February 2024
  4. Consultation closes 21 March 2024
  5. Decision issued 24 April 2024

Area

Total area
224.17 ha
Conifer
217.82 ha
Broadleaf
6.23 ha

Official source

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FPA-11222

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

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

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

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. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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

Parallel Roads of Lochaber

Site 1272

Official SiteLink record for Parallel Roads of Lochaber
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 0 m away Published area 14,492.03 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Lon Leanachain

Site 1092

Official SiteLink record for Lon Leanachain
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 379 m away Published area 126.22 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 203 791

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 504

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Hummocky valley and slope moraines
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Gaerlie · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Hythie · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 30% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
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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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Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Approved Distance 0 m away Area 224.17 ha Approved
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Highland

Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 9.54 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.5 ha Decision issued
FPA-10205 Achnabobane Location

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Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 16.13 ha Key date Not published
FPA-10388 Rigsdon, Achnabobane Location

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Highland

Status Expired Distance 2.1 km away Area 0.07 ha Key date Not published

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.