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FPA-11103

RSPB Loch Gruinart

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gruinart Plantation
Nearest town
Gruinart
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NR278678

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 25 October 2023
  2. Application accepted 11 October 2023
  3. Consultation opens 6 November 2023
  4. Consultation closes 4 December 2023
  5. Decision issued 13 March 2024

Area

Total area
5.00 ha
Broadleaf
5.00 ha

Official source

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FPA-11103

Find FPA-11103 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Gruinart Flats

Site 751

Official SiteLink record for Gruinart Flats
Designation MIXED Proximity Point is inside the SSSI Published area 3,262.13 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Feur Lochain - Moine nam Faoileann

Site 631

Official SiteLink record for Feur Lochain - Moine nam Faoileann
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 376.65 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Rinns of Islay

Site 1354

Official SiteLink record for Rinns of Islay
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 8,792.25 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NR 278 678

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 556

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Torridon
Parent material
Drifts derived from Torridonian sandstones and grits
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hill 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.

  • TORRIDON(PG) · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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.

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Status Approved Distance 4.7 km away Area 37.24 ha Approved

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