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24FGS80299

Talla Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Moffat
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT113215

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 July 2024
  2. Application accepted 13 August 2024
  3. Consultation opens 14 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 11 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 11 December 2024

Area

Total area
18.60 ha
Broadleaf
18.60 ha

Official source

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24FGS80299

Find 24FGS80299 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

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

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH22_0671 Colin Hill

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 320 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0485_A

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 718 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0485_B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 723 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0305_0311

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0005 Oliver Forest

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.5 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

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

Tweedsmuir Hills

Site 1573

Official SiteLink record for Tweedsmuir Hills
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 727 m away Published area 8,896.77 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 113 215

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 229

Peaty gleyed podzols

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

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

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
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Status Approved Distance 510 m away Area 10.34 ha Approved
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Tweedsmuir

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Status Expired Distance 2.8 km away Area 31.66 ha Decision issued
CB242676 Hearthstanes Location

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Status Expired Distance 3.0 km away Area 2.76 ha Decision issued
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Tweedsmuir

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 3.8 km away Area 3.07 ha Decision issued
FPA-7734 Hawkshaw Location

Tweedsmuir

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 3.9 km away Area 0.03 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Within 10 km
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moffat

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Status Expired Distance 2.5 km away Area 16.09 ha Decision issued
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Status Approved Distance 3.3 km away Area 0.35 ha Approved
19FGS43383 Hawkshaw Native Woods Location

DUMFRIES

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.8 km away Area 31.08 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.