Our Summary

• The estate is managed by Highlands Rewilding primarily for natural capital uplift—biodiversity and carbon-based projects, nature restoration and community prosperity
• Beldorney has several blocks of conifer plantation and an area of native woodland with clear potential for restoration, species rich grasslands and riparian and other wetland vegetation
• The estate also has the potential for further development to re-people this area, containing ten ruined crofts, which have scope for future residential development subject to due diligence and planning consent
• The cottage is uninhabited and in need of full refurbishment
• These buildings may have potential for residential conversion, subject to due diligence and planning consent
• The house was last occupied in 2009 and is in need of a full refurbishment
• Previously a farm for stock rearing, the Mains has strong potential for redevelopment and use as an enterprise hub, with good access via the road to the highway
• However, established figures and models suggest that one might expect up to 80% more carbon in typical soils of these kinds, indicating strong potential for increasing the grassland carbon sink
• CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND BIODIVERSITY UPLIFT OPPORTUNITIESCombining carbon storage in grassland soils, woodland biomass, woodland soils and peat, estimates partly based on measurement and partly on modelling suggest a total in the range of 114,044 to 178,585 tonnes of CO equivalent (tCO2e)
• Together these give a rich and often surprising picture of diversity on the estate, with some areas having enormous value for many different species, such as wetland, native woodland areas, pockets of species-rich grasslands and heathland, and others being notably lacking, providing high future potential for biodiversity uplift