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24FGS79139

Glenquicken Phase 2

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Creetown
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX526599

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 May 2024
  2. Application accepted 22 July 2024
  3. Consultation opens 25 July 2024
  4. Consultation closes 22 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 30 May 2025

Area

Total area
33.26 ha
Conifer
28.76 ha
Broadleaf
4.50 ha

Official source

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24FGS79139

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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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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

Skyreburn Grasslands

Site 1441

Official SiteLink record for Skyreburn Grasslands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 40.74 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 526 598

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 231

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with complex strong and steep slopes: moderately to very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Dochroyle · 50% Peaty gleys
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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.