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FPA-9597

Uaire Woodland

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Uaire
Nearest town
Wick
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
ND260430

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 May 2022
  2. Application accepted 10 May 2022
  3. Consultation opens 21 June 2022
  4. Consultation closes 19 July 2022
  5. Decision issued 13 December 2022
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
19.91 ha
Conifer
19.91 ha

Official source

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FPA-9597

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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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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
    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

Shielton Peatlands

Site 1426

Official SiteLink record for Shielton Peatlands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 627 m away Published area 5,631.97 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Oliclett

Site 1256

Official SiteLink record for Oliclett
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.8 km away Published area 754.17 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · ND 259 430

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 544

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Thurso
Parent material
Greyish brown drifts derived from Middle Old Red Sandstone flagstones and sandstones
Landform
Undulating lowlands and stepped hill sides with strong and very steep slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Camster · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined 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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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.