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23FGS76655

High Auldgirth NWC

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Dumfries
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX925877

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 December 2023
  2. Application accepted 8 December 2023
  3. Consultation opens 24 January 2024
  4. Consultation closes 21 February 2024
  5. Decision issued 15 May 2024

Area

Total area
69.41 ha
Conifer
69.41 ha

Official source

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23FGS76655

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First archived 27 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

STH18_0395_0396_0398_0399_0401_0402_1267

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 13 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0347_0348b Cairn Farm (Auldgirth)

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 637 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0116_0117_0908

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 771 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0119-0123, 0129-0134, 0147, 0148 Fox Craig (CD Landale Property Dalswinton)

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 802 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0400_0605_0606

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 866 m 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 · NX 924 877

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 221

Brown earths

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

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

  • Linhope · 100% Brown earths
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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.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FLA02026 High Auldgirth Estate Location

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Status Expired Distance 922 m away Area 11.1 ha Decision issued
FPA-10744 Cairn Farm Location

Auldgirth

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Status Expired Distance 1.2 km away Area 1.1 ha Decision issued
FPA-8665 Auchenrennie Bungalow Location

Dumfries

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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 0.33 ha Decision issued
FLA-6273 Dalswinton Estates Location

Dumfries

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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 0.67 ha Decision issued
CB05663 Dalswinton Location

Dalswinton

Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 2.0 km away Area 0.7 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.