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FPA-13500

Gruinard Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Gruinard Woods
Nearest town
Laide
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NG964918

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 2 June 2026
  2. Application accepted 1 June 2026
  3. Consultation opens 2 July 2026
  4. Consultation closes 30 July 2026
  5. Decision issued 3 August 2026
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2030

Area

Total area
7.30 ha
Conifer
7.30 ha

Official source

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FPA-13500

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 21 September 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Track changes

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  1. Standingwire added data from the PDF

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  2. Status changed

    From
    Under Consideration
    To
    Approved
  3. Status changed

    From
    Open For Comment
    To
    Under Consideration
  4. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Open For Comment

Earlier changes may not have been captured.

Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2027
Felling area
7.3 ha
Estimated volume
3,500 m³
Proposed restocking
7.3 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Sitka spruce

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
1c Clear Felling Sitka spruce 7.3 ha 60 yr 7,000 3,500 m³

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
1c Replant felled Scots pine area 24.38% 1.78 ha 1,600
1c Replant felled Mixed native area broadleaves 11.64% 0.85 ha 1,600
1c Replant felled Sitka spruce area 63.97% 4.67 ha 2,500
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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 · NG 964 918

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 389

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Lochinver
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lewisian gneisses
Landform
Valley sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • LOCHINVER(BFS) · 50% Brown earths
  • LOCHINVER(HIP) · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F7 Land unsuitable 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.