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FPA-7825

Ruighard Place, Westercraigs, Inverness IV38LP

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
N/A
Nearest town
Inverness
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH634435

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 21 January 2021
  2. Application accepted 21 January 2021
  3. Consultation opens 25 June 2021
  4. Consultation closes 23 July 2021
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
0.08 ha
Conifer
0.04 ha
Broadleaf
0.05 ha

Official source

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FPA-7825

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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

Torvean Landforms

Site 1557

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Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity Point is inside the SSSI Published area 404.93 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 634 435

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 425

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
North Mormond
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone sediments and acid metamorphic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Phorp · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Urchany · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.