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23FGS73353

Nettlehill Woodland Creation

Expired Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Colinsburgh
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO463024

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 19 June 2023
  2. Application accepted 20 June 2023
  3. Consultation opens 16 October 2023
  4. Consultation closes 12 November 2023
  5. Decision issued 7 December 2023

Official source

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23FGS73353

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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

Firth of Forth

Site 8163

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Designation MIXED Proximity 1.1 km away Published area 7,435.48 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 462 023

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 169

Brown earths

Soil association
Dreghorn
Parent material
Raised beach sands and gravels derived from Carboniferous rocks with some Old Red Sandstone material
Landform
Raised beach terraces and mounds with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dreghorn · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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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