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24FGS78539

Ericstane South Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Moffat
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT066107

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 April 2024
  2. Application accepted 5 April 2024
  3. Consultation opens 5 August 2024
  4. Consultation closes 2 September 2024
  5. Decision issued 6 January 2025

Area

Total area
67.04 ha
Conifer
55.81 ha
Broadleaf
11.23 ha

Official source

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24FGS78539

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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.

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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

STH19_0222

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 665 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0694_0695

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 857 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0356-0357_1072_1192 Raecluech

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0332

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0014-0015 Corehead

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.0 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 066 107

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 210

Noncalcareous gleys

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

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

  • Ettrick · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 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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Status Expired Distance 1.3 km away Area 0.48 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 1.26 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 1.96 ha Decision issued

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.