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20FGS52303

Arden Woodland Creation 2020

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Alexandria
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS351834

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 20 August 2020
  2. Application accepted 27 August 2020
  3. Consultation opens 12 November 2020
  4. Consultation closes 10 December 2020
  5. Decision issued 23 September 2021

Area

Total area
26.40 ha
Conifer
7.66 ha
Broadleaf
18.74 ha

Official source

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20FGS52303

Find 20FGS52303 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

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

STH21_0159-0164b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity Covers application grid-reference point Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0159-0164a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 91 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0491

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 590 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH21_0157b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 862 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH25_0148

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 890 m 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 351 833

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 47

Noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Balrownie
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from sandstones of Lower Old Red Sandstone age, often water-modified
Landform
Undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes: slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Lour · 100% Noncalcareous gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F4 Moderate 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.