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23FGS72053

Midtown WC

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
New Abbey
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX971620

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 26 April 2023
  2. Application accepted 26 April 2023
  3. Consultation opens 16 October 2023
  4. Consultation closes 12 November 2023
  5. Decision issued 20 December 2023

Area

Total area
13.64 ha
Conifer
13.64 ha

Official source

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23FGS72053

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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

Site 1583

Official SiteLink record for Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 17,224.16 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 970 620

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 126

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Countesswells
Parent material
Drifts derived from granites and granitic rocks
Landform
Hills and valley sides with strong to very steep slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Countesswells · 50% Humus-iron podzols
  • Charr · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
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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.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.