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25FGS89639

Tairlaw Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Straiton
Local authority
South Ayrshire Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS420003

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 27 October 2025
  2. Application accepted 28 October 2025
  3. Consultation opens 30 October 2025
  4. Consultation closes 27 November 2025
  5. Decision issued 25 June 2026

Area

Total area
94.05 ha
Conifer
85.82 ha
Broadleaf
8.23 ha

Official source

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25FGS89639

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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 ↗

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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

UK/PH/034/LZ/19112012

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.2 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 · NS 420 002

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 353

Humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Knockskae
Parent material
Drifts derived from felsites and allied igneous rocks
Landform
Hills with strong and steep slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Knockskae · 100% Humus-iron podzols
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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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Status Expired Distance 4.6 km away Area 0.72 ha Decision issued
FLA01577 Balbeg Location

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Status Expired Distance 4.7 km away Area 10.41 ha Decision issued

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

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Within 10 km
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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.