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21FGS58483

Birkhill Estate Thornton Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Newport-on-Tay
Local authority
Fife Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO342232

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

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

Area

Total area
20.17 ha
Broadleaf
20.17 ha

Official source

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21FGS58483

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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

Flisk Wood

Site 644

Official SiteLink record for Flisk Wood
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 498 m away Published area 53.97 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Inner Tay Estuary

Site 809

Official SiteLink record for Inner Tay Estuary
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 607 m away Published area 4,132.95 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 341 231

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 414

Brown earths

Soil association
Mountboy
Parent material
Drifts derived from Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments
Landform
Undulating lowlands and foothills with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Mountboy · 70% Brown earths
  • Garvock · 30% Brown earths
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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.

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

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