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21FGS60723

Brandleys WC

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Sanquhar
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS804111

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 30 August 2021
  2. Application accepted 31 August 2021
  3. Consultation opens 27 September 2021
  4. Consultation closes 25 October 2021
  5. Decision issued 23 December 2021

Area

Total area
76.74 ha
Conifer
71.48 ha
Broadleaf
5.26 ha

Official source

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21FGS60723

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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

STH25_0541

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.7 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0697

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Pr15_0012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH17_0725_Knockenhair

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0457

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 3.3 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

Mennock Water

Site 1147

Official SiteLink record for Mennock Water
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 47.79 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Back Wood

Site 112

Official SiteLink record for Back Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.9 km away Published area 15.67 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 803 110

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 446

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rowanhill
Parent material
Drifts derived from Carboniferous sandstones, shales and limestones
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Rowanhill · 100% Noncalcareous 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.