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20FGS47343

Balnaguard Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Dunkeld
Local authority
Perth and Kinross Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NN944491

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 18 February 2020
  2. Application accepted 19 February 2020
  3. Consultation opens 2 April 2020
  4. Consultation closes 30 April 2020
  5. Decision issued 7 April 2021

Area

Total area
222.40 ha
Conifer
150.66 ha
Broadleaf
71.74 ha

Official source

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20FGS47343

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

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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

STH16_1018_Pairc na Creige

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 3.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_1312WF

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Withdrawn Proximity 4.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Balnaguard Glen

Site 139

Official SiteLink record for Balnaguard Glen
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 58.16 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NN 944 490

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 497

Noncalcareous gleys with humic gleys

Soil association
Strichen
Parent material
Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series
Landform
Undulating lowlands and valley sides 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.

  • Anniegathel · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Auquhollie · 50% Humic gleys
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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.