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20FGS54264

ACREGATE NEW WOODLAND CREATION SHIELDS AND WHITESIDE

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Rigside
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS889359

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 October 2020
  2. Application accepted 23 October 2020
  3. Consultation opens 20 August 2021
  4. Consultation closes 17 September 2021
  5. Decision issued 17 March 2022

Area

Total area
185.00 ha
Conifer
185.00 ha

Official source

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20FGS54264

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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 888 358

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 467

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Sorn
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone sediments and lavas
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.

  • Sorn · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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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.