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23FGS71493

Dunans Castle Native Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Conchra
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS049913

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 March 2023
  2. Application accepted 22 March 2023
  3. Consultation opens 25 August 2025
  4. Consultation closes 15 August 2024
  5. Decision issued 25 August 2025

Area

Total area
44.30 ha
Broadleaf
44.30 ha

Official source

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23FGS71493

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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

STH24_0649-0657

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 409 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0650-0653

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 674 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH22_0455-0465

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 740 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0652b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 854 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0465_0469_0472_0983

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.1 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 · NS 048 913

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 528

Peaty gleys with dystrophic semi-confined peat

Soil association
Tarves
Parent material
Drifts derived from intermediate rocks or mixed acid and basic rocks, both metamorphic and igneous
Landform
Ridged hills with gentle to strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Pettymuck · 50% Peaty gleys
  • Semi-confined peat · 50% Dystrophic semi-confined Peat
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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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