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FPA-9063

Balavil Estate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Croftcarnoch Windblow
Nearest town
Kingussie
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH797035

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 10 February 2022
  2. Application accepted 10 February 2022
  3. Consultation opens 8 March 2022
  4. Consultation closes 6 March 2022
  5. Decision issued 18 March 2022

Area

Total area
13.31 ha
Conifer
13.31 ha

Official source

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FPA-9063

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

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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
    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

River Spey - Insh Marshes

Site 1364

Official SiteLink record for River Spey - Insh Marshes
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 610 m away Published area 1,156.96 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 796 034

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 30

Peaty gleyed podzols with podzolic rankers with peaty rankers

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

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

  • Kildonan · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • ARKAIG(PODRANK) · 25% Podzolic rankers
  • Arkaig · 25% Peaty rankers
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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 1.4 km away Area 1.2 ha Decision issued
FLA01008 Balavil Estate Location

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Highland

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 1.2 ha Decision issued
CB494241 Insh Marshes National Nature Reserve Location

Kingussie

Highland

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 2.25 ha Decision issued

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.