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23FGS70873

West Feal Woodland Creation

Expired Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Ballingry
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NO203046

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 February 2023
  2. Application accepted 17 February 2023
  3. Consultation opens 13 September 2023
  4. Consultation closes 11 October 2023
  5. Decision issued 22 December 2023

Area

Total area
28.72 ha
Broadleaf
28.72 ha

Official source

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23FGS70873

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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

Ballo and Harperleas Reservoirs

Site 129

Official SiteLink record for Ballo and Harperleas Reservoirs
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 765 m away Published area 95.56 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Lacesston Muir and Glen Burn Gorge

Site 886

Official SiteLink record for Lacesston Muir and Glen Burn Gorge
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 100.37 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Bishop Hill

Site 209

Official SiteLink record for Bishop Hill
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 157.17 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 202 045

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very 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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Falkland

Fife

Status Approved Distance 4.9 km away Area 2.98 ha Approved

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