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21FGS58704

Drinkstone Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Hawick
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT462176

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 12 May 2021
  2. Application accepted 12 May 2021
  3. Consultation opens 16 June 2021
  4. Consultation closes 14 July 2021
  5. Decision issued 16 November 2021

Area

Total area
60.11 ha
Conifer
60.11 ha

Official source

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21FGS58704

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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

Blind Moss

Site 231

Official SiteLink record for Blind Moss
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 848 m away Published area 7.18 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Long Moss - Drinkstone Hill

Site 1095

Official SiteLink record for Long Moss - Drinkstone Hill
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 30.76 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Ashkirk Loch

Site 94

Official SiteLink record for Ashkirk Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 2.0 km away Published area 6.92 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 461 175

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 233

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Valleys and depressions amongst hills and uplands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Dochroyle · 50% Peaty 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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PERTH

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