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24FGS80699

Megget Woodland Creation

Expired Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Selkirk
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT177211

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 August 2024
  2. Application accepted 8 August 2024
  3. Consultation opens 13 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 10 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 25 March 2025

Area

Total area
3.03 ha
Broadleaf
3.03 ha

Official source

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24FGS80699

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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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

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

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

Craigdilly

Site 427

Official SiteLink record for Craigdilly
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 460 m away Published area 22.47 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Tweedsmuir Hills

Site 1573

Official SiteLink record for Tweedsmuir Hills
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 461 m away Published area 8,896.77 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 176 211

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

National soil map of Scotland

Lochs

Map unit 601

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Land Capability for Forestry

Water

Source code F9

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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.