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19FGS36018

Wooplaw Woodland Creation Hophills

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT702704

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 January 2019
  2. Application accepted 29 January 2019
  3. Consultation opens 5 March 2019
  4. Consultation closes 2 April 2019
  5. Decision issued 12 July 2019

Area

Total area
16.45 ha
Conifer
16.45 ha

Official source

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19FGS36018

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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

Lammermuir Deans

Site 904

Official SiteLink record for Lammermuir Deans
Designation MIXED Proximity 33 m away Published area 49.82 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 701 703

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 364

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Lauder
Parent material
Drifts derived from sandstones and conglomerates of Upper Old Red Sandstone age
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.

  • Lauder · 50% Brown earths
  • Langtonlees · 50% 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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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.