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23FGS75433

Halmyre Phase 2

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Romannobridge
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT181494

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 5 October 2023
  2. Application accepted 5 October 2023
  3. Consultation opens 20 October 2023
  4. Consultation closes 16 November 2023
  5. Decision issued 4 January 2024

Area

Total area
14.46 ha
Conifer
8.87 ha
Broadleaf
5.59 ha

Official source

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23FGS75433

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First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 181 494

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 413

Brown earths

Soil association
Mountboy
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Netherurd · 100% Brown earths
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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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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.