← All woodland creation applications

25FGS88079

Dykefoot New Woodland Creation 2025

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Tarbrax
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NT042536

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 August 2025
  2. Application accepted 11 August 2025
  3. Consultation opens 7 November 2025
  4. Consultation closes 5 December 2025
  5. Decision issued 20 January 2026

Area

Total area
56.51 ha
Conifer
56.51 ha

Official source

Copy this reference, then paste it into Case Reference on Scottish Forestry's register.

25FGS88079

Find 25FGS88079 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.

Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗ Scottish Forestry reuse statement ↗

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

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 · NT 041 535

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 301

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Hobkirk
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and marls of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
Landform
Hills and undulating uplands with gentle and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Faw · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Wauchope · 50% Peaty gleys
View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

View this location on Scotland’s Soils ↗

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.

James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence ↗

These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

Nearby records

Nearby felling applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-7256 Lawhead Farm Location

West Calder

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 1.7 km away Area 1.21 ha Decision issued
FPA-11381 Lawhead Farm Location

Tarbrax

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 1.6 ha Decision issued
FLA03052 Wester Blackcastle Location

Tarbrax

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 2.4 km away Area 8.45 ha Decision issued
CB219849 Wester Blackcastle Location

Carnwath

South Lanarkshire

Status Expired Distance 2.4 km away Area 1.03 ha Decision issued
FPA-12149 Wester Blackcastle Location

Carnwath

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 2.7 km away Area 29.07 ha Approved

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

Nearby records

Nearby woodland creation applications

Within 10 km
Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
22FGS67847 Harburn Woodland Creation Location

Harburn

West Lothian

Status Approved Distance 6.2 km away Area 24.1 ha Approved
20FGS49483 Fir Park Woodland Creation Location

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 6.3 km away Area 41.55 ha Approved
24FGS83540 Hardgatehead Location

Wilsontown

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 6.3 km away Area 80.86 ha Approved
20FGS53424 The Greens 3 Woodland Creation Location

Carnwath

South Lanarkshire

Status Approved Distance 6.3 km away Area 17.78 ha Approved
26FGS93079 Wakefield Riparian Woodland Location

West Linton

Scottish Borders

Status Under Consideration Distance 6.6 km away Area 10 ha Key date Not published

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