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FPA-6867

Mireland Forest

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Compartment 1 & 2
Nearest town
Wick
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
ND315599

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 November 2019
  2. Application accepted 7 November 2019
  3. Consultation opens 27 February 2020
  4. Consultation closes 26 March 2020
  5. Decision issued 2 April 2020

Area

Total area
46.70 ha
Conifer
46.70 ha

Official source

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FPA-6867

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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

Loch of Wester

Site 1041

Official SiteLink record for Loch of Wester
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 299 m away Published area 68.98 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · ND 315 599

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peat

Map unit 604

Dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Organic Soils
Landform
0
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Deep Blanket Peat · 100% 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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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.