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20FGS54206

Smithton Hill Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Coupar Angus
Local authority
Angus Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NO271358

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 October 2020
  2. Application accepted 28 October 2020
  3. Consultation opens 9 June 2021
  4. Consultation closes 7 July 2021
  5. Decision issued 16 September 2021

Area

Total area
78.51 ha
Conifer
72.48 ha
Broadleaf
6.03 ha

Official source

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20FGS54206

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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

Lochindores

Site 1076

Official SiteLink record for Lochindores
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 59 m away Published area 17.49 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Little Ballo

Site 946

Official SiteLink record for Little Ballo
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 526 m away Published area 11.08 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Balshando Bog

Site 143

Official SiteLink record for Balshando Bog
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 684 m away Published area 3.61 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Laird's Loch

Site 899

Official SiteLink record for Laird's Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 776 m away Published area 6.86 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Blacklaw Hill Mire

Site 220

Official SiteLink record for Blacklaw Hill Mire
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.2 km away Published area 26.76 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Craigs of Lundie and Ardgarth Loch

Site 447

Official SiteLink record for Craigs of Lundie and Ardgarth Loch
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 30.11 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Redmyre

Site 1341

Official SiteLink record for Redmyre
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 6.42 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NO 271 357

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 147

Brown earths

Soil association
Darleith
Parent material
Drifts derived from basaltic rocks
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Darleith · 100% Brown earths
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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.