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21FGS63085

Mixed Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Dalkeith
Local authority
Midlothian Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT424598

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 December 2021
  2. Application accepted 13 December 2021
  3. Consultation opens 21 February 2023
  4. Consultation closes 21 February 2023
  5. Decision issued 15 June 2023

Area

Total area
19.89 ha
Conifer
3.31 ha
Broadleaf
16.58 ha

Official source

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21FGS63085

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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

Fala Flow

Site 622

Official SiteLink record for Fala Flow
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 466 m away Published area 317.75 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 423 597

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 562

Brown earths

Soil association
Tynehead
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones and Ordovician greywackes
Landform
Foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Salvandi · 50% Brown earths
  • Tynehead · 50% 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.

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