Forestry and Land Scotland seeks permission from Highland Council to establish temporary quad tracks as it looks to plant fresh trees in Strathrusdale, Ross-shire
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
A NUMBER of temporary quad tracks could be established on land in Strathrusdale to enable the country’s national forest estate agency to create and maintain woodland.
Forestry and Land Scotland has applied for permission to establish the temporary tracks on land 1160 metres to the north-west of Old Mill, Braeantra, Strathrusdale.
The sites are located to the east and south of Loch Bad a’ Bhàthaich, and to the west of the Black Water. Each parcel of land was previously home to plantation forestry which has since been felled.
In the application to Highland Council, Forestry and Land Scotland said that the routes of the tracks, which will be built with an excavator using material on site, will be selected to “minimise cut and fill”.
Responding to the application, the council’s archaeology team said: “There do not appear to be any issues with regard to potential impact on the historic environment in relation to the above application.
“However, it is expected that the applicant will adhere to the UK Forestry Standards guidelines should previously unrecorded archaeological remains be encountered during track upgrading/construction and subsequent tree/forestry works.”
