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25FGS84299

Wester Gormyre Oak Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Torphichen
Local authority
West Lothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS972729

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 January 2025
  2. Application accepted 20 January 2025
  3. Consultation opens 22 January 2025
  4. Consultation closes 19 February 2025
  5. Decision issued 4 April 2025

Area

Total area
9.72 ha
Broadleaf
9.72 ha

Official source

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25FGS84299

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Lochcote Marsh

Site 1075

Official SiteLink record for Lochcote Marsh
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.3 km away Published area 10.23 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 972 728

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 150

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands and hills 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.

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate flexibility 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.