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22FGS68407

Balgowan Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Ballinluig
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NN975554

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 September 2022
  2. Application accepted 21 September 2022
  3. Consultation opens 15 March 2023
  4. Consultation closes 12 April 2023
  5. Decision issued 2 October 2023

Area

Total area
117.48 ha
Conifer
39.25 ha
Broadleaf
78.23 ha

Official source

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22FGS68407

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

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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_1354_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 552 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1354_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 709 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_1354_c

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 792 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH16_0591_Balnakeilly

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 4.9 km 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Forest of Clunie

Site 1709

Official SiteLink record for Forest of Clunie
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 693 m away Published area 19,478.3 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Shingle Islands

Site 1427

Official SiteLink record for Shingle Islands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 893 m away Published area 77.89 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Ballyoukan Juniper Wood

Site 134

Official SiteLink record for Ballyoukan Juniper Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.6 km away Published area 20.04 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 974 553

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 503

Humus-iron podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Hummocky valley moraines
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Strichen · 85% Humus-iron podzols
  • Hythie · 15% Peaty gleys
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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.

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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.