FLA00712

Shinness Rstate

Expired Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Colaboll Blocks
Nearest town: Lairg
Local authority: Highland Council
Conservancy: Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference: NC554115

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 29 November 2018
Application accepted 29 July 2015
Consultation opens 26 August 2015
Consultation closes 23 September 2015
Decision issued 9 December 2015

Area

Total area: 8.22 ha
Conifer: 8.22 ha

Official source

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FLA00712

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

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Track changes

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First captured
27 Jul 2026, 15:49 BST

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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NC 553 114

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 23

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association: Arkaig
Parent material: Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform: Undulating lowlands and uplands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Badanloch · 35% Peaty gleys
Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
Kildonan · 30% Peaty gleyed podzols

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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FLA00794 Shinness	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 781 m away	Area 0.96 ha	Decision issued 17 Nov 2015
FPA-7841 Shinness Estate	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 3.08 ha	Decision issued 28 Jun 2021
FLA00856 Shinness	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 1.5 km away	Area 3.19 ha	Decision issued 3 Dec 2015
CB520863 Sallachy Estate	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 2.6 km away	Area 83.8 ha	Decision issued 23 Jul 2015
FLA03298 Sallachy	Location Lairg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 3.6 km away	Area 34.42 ha	Decision issued 14 Sept 2018