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24FGS82779

Ninestane Rig Woodland Creation

Under Consideration Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Newcastleton
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY512963

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 15 November 2024
  2. Application accepted 18 November 2024
  3. Consultation opens 17 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 15 December 2025
  5. Decision issued Not yet

Area

Total area
150.50 ha
Conifer
132.31 ha
Broadleaf
18.19 ha

Official source

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24FGS82779

Find 24FGS82779 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

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

STH20_0853

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH23_0375

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

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

STH23_0374b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0806

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

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

STH25_0663

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.0 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NY 512 963

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 91

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Carter
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Carboniferous sandstones of the Calciferous Sandstone Series
Landform
Valley sides with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dundrennan · 30% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Letham · 35% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Huntford · 35% 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.