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FPA-10377

Saval Beg

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Saval Beg
Nearest town
Lairg
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NC603084

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 7 February 2023
  2. Application accepted 16 March 2023
  3. Consultation opens 14 April 2023
  4. Consultation closes 12 May 2023
  5. Decision issued 6 June 2023
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
30.44 ha
Conifer
30.44 ha

Official source

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FPA-10377

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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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  1. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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

Strath Carnaig and Strath Fleet Moors

Site 9188

Official SiteLink record for Strath Carnaig and Strath Fleet Moors
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity Point is inside the SSSI Published area 14,701.42 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Lairg and Strath Brora Lochs

Site 8104

Official SiteLink record for Lairg and Strath Brora Lochs
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 166 m away Published area 286.56 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 603 083

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 26

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

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hummocky valley and slope moraines: often bouldery
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Kildonan · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Semi-confined peat · 35% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
  • Badanloch · 30% Peaty gleys
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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.