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21FGS60426

Carse of Lochar

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Heathhall
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX999803

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 17 August 2021
  2. Application accepted 18 August 2021
  3. Consultation opens 27 August 2021
  4. Consultation closes 24 September 2021
  5. Decision issued 11 November 2021

Area

Total area
39.52 ha
Broadleaf
39.52 ha

Official source

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21FGS60426

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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_1278

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH16_0274_Lochar Moss

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0331a Amisfield

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 2.1 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0331b Amisfield

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0503

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.4 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

Locharbriggs Quarry

Site 1074

Official SiteLink record for Locharbriggs Quarry
Designation GEOLOGICAL Proximity 1.0 km away Published area 4.14 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 998 802

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 578

Brown earths with dystrophic basin peat with peaty alluvial soils

Soil association
Yarrow
Parent material
Fluvioglacial gravels and sands derived mainly from greywackes
Landform
Mounds and discontinuous terraces with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Yarrow · 35% Brown earths
  • Basin Peat · 35% Dystrophic basin Peat
  • Alluvial_pal · 30% Peaty alluvial soils
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Land Capability for Forestry

F2 Very 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.

Nearby records

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Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-6587 Tarmac - Locharbriggs Quarry Location

Dumfries

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Status Expired Distance 762 m away Area 0 ha Decision issued
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Status Expired Distance 860 m away Area 5.3 ha Decision issued
CB474053 Catherinefield Road Heathhall Location

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Dumfries and Galloway

Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
FPA-7046 Catherinefield Farm Location

Dumfries

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Status Expired Distance 1.6 km away Area 0 ha Decision issued
FLA01192 Hazelrigg Location

Amisfield

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Status Expired Distance 1.8 km away Area 1.3 ha Decision issued

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.