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24FGS80039

Heriotmill Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Heriot
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT367533

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 3 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 4 October 2024
  4. Consultation closes 31 October 2024
  5. Decision issued 10 April 2025

Area

Total area
65.41 ha
Conifer
57.33 ha
Broadleaf
8.08 ha

Official source

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24FGS80039

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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

Moorfoot Hills

Site 1186

Official SiteLink record for Moorfoot Hills
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 8,830.68 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 367 532

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 218

Peaty gleys with peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dochroyle · 35% Peaty gleys
  • Dod · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Blanket Peat · 30% Dystrophic blanket peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited 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.