Forestry and Land Scotland

Land at Balmacara

Under offer Woodland

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Listing details

Price: £10,000
Area: 2.94 ha
Price per hectare: £3,401 / ha
Location: Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire
Selling agent: Shepherd Commercial Property Auctions (on behalf of FLS)

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Source and monitoring

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Listing URL: shepherd.co.uk/property/land-at-balmacara-kyle-ross-shire
StandingWire listed on: 8 September 2026
Last checked: 21 September 2026
Source updated: 27 August 2026

Status is reported only when the selling agent states it explicitly. “No longer advertised” does not mean sold.

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✨ Why this was included

Property is explicitly classified as 'Woodland' type in listing data Parcel of 2.94 hectares aligns with typical commercial forestry or woodland management scale Located in Scottish Highlands region known for forestry activity

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Listing history

Meaningful changes captured from the public source.

First captured
8 Sept 2026, 20:06

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the land listing mapped 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
Coille Mhor Site 382 Official SiteLink record for Coille Mhor ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 743 m away	Published area 335.23 ha	Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL
Ard Hill Site 66 Official SiteLink record for Ard Hill ↗	Designation GEOLOGICAL	Proximity 1.4 km away	Published area 23.23 ha	Geographic scope MIXED

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

Coille Mhor

Site 382

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 743 m away

Published area 335.23 ha

Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Ard Hill

Site 66

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Designation GEOLOGICAL

Proximity 1.4 km away

Published area 23.23 ha

Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the land listing’s mapped point · NG 805 278

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 387

Brown earths with brown rankers

Soil association: Lochinver
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lewisian gneisses
Landform: Hillocky lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: slightly rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

LOCHINVER(BFS) · 70% Brown earths
LOCHINVER(BRANK) · 30% Brown rankers

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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
FPA-13628 Balmacara Woodland Park	Location Balmacara Highland	Status Open For Comment	Distance 318 m away	Area 1.81 ha	Consultation ends 21 Sept 2026
FLA01956 Avernish Wood	Location Kyle of Lochalsh Highland	Status Expired	Distance 3.8 km away	Area 21.59 ha	Decision issued 12 Apr 2017
FPA-10417 Glenelg Peninsula LMP	Location Glenelg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 5.5 km away	Area 2.3 ha	Decision issued 19 May 2023
FPA-10353 Glenelg Peninsula	Location Glenelg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 5.6 km away	Area 102.7 ha	Decision issued 28 Feb 2023
FLA01590 Barracks Croft	Location Glenelg Highland	Status Expired	Distance 8.3 km away	Area 0.52 ha	Decision issued 12 Oct 2016