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FPA-10858

Dorback Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Nethybridge
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NJ080171

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 July 2023
  2. Application accepted 4 July 2023
  3. Consultation opens 3 August 2023
  4. Consultation closes 31 August 2023
  5. Decision issued 1 November 2023

Area

Total area
6.20 ha
Conifer
6.20 ha

Official source

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FPA-10858

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

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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

Abernethy Forest

Site 9

Official SiteLink record for Abernethy Forest
Designation MIXED Proximity 581 m away Published area 5,793.12 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NJ 079 170

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 7

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Aberlour
Parent material
Drifts derived from acid schists and granitic rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Aberlour · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Blanket Peat · 50% Dystrophic blanket Peat
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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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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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Status Expired Distance 6.7 km away Area 0.15 ha Decision issued
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Highland

Status Expired Distance 7.1 km away Area 2.5 ha Decision issued

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

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Status Approved Distance 4.0 km away Area 20.95 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 4.6 km away Area 2.61 ha Approved
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Status Approved Distance 5.5 km away Area 12.6 ha Approved

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