24FGS81199
Backsheils Farm FGS
Approved Forestry Grant Scheme
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Where
- Nearest town
- Biggar
- Local authority
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Conservancy
- Central Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NT056407
Key dates
- Application registered 28 August 2024
- Application accepted 30 August 2024
- Consultation opens 10 January 2025
- Consultation closes 9 January 2025
- Decision issued 30 January 2025
Area
- Total area
- 10.00 ha
- Broadleaf
- 10.00 ha
Official source
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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
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 · NT 056 407
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Brown soils
Map unit 472
Brown earths
- Soil association
- Sourhope
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone intermediate lavas
- Landform
- Undulating lowlands and hills with strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Sourhope · 100% Brown earths
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
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