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FPA-11246

Loch Arkaig Forest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Achnasaul (Cpt 1) Creag Dhonn (Cpt 2)
Nearest town
Spean Bridge
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NN166892

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 January 2024
  2. Application accepted 5 January 2024
  3. Consultation opens 21 February 2024
  4. Consultation closes 20 March 2024
  5. Decision issued 22 March 2024

Area

Total area
52.63 ha
Conifer
49.85 ha

Official source

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FPA-11246

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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.

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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. 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 165 892

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 27

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hill and valley sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Aberscross · 50% Brown earths
  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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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.

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CB198551 Brackletter Location

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Status Expired Distance 6.5 km away Area 1.8 ha Decision issued

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

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Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 90.72 ha Approved
25FGS84019 Invermallie Natural Regeneration Location

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Highland

Status Approved Distance 3.9 km away Area 66.84 ha Approved
25FGS84020 Invermallie Woodland Creation Location

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Status Approved Distance 3.9 km away Area 130.37 ha Approved
25FGS85099 Moy Farm WIG Natural Regen Location

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Status Approved Distance 5.5 km away Area 48.02 ha Approved
23FGS72113 Moy Farm Native Woodland Location

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Status Approved Distance 5.9 km away Area 85.04 ha Approved

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