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FLA03093

Storr Lochs

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Nearest town
Portree
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG511530

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 24 April 2018
  3. Consultation opens 4 July 2018
  4. Consultation closes 1 August 2018
  5. Decision issued 15 August 2018

Area

Total area
23.64 ha
Conifer
23.64 ha

Official source

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FLA03093

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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
    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

Trotternish Ridge

Site 1566

Official SiteLink record for Trotternish Ridge
Designation MIXED Proximity 120 m away Published area 3,717.6 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Rigg - Bile

Site 1352

Official SiteLink record for Rigg - Bile
Designation MIXED Proximity 273 m away Published area 499.64 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NG 510 529

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 160

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Terraced hills with gentle and strong slopes: slightly to moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Airigh · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Blanket Peat · 50% 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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Status Expired Distance 9.7 km away Area 72.75 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.