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25FGS87179

Mersington NWC 2025

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Leitholm
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT781739

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 13 June 2025
  2. Application accepted 13 June 2025
  3. Consultation opens 14 July 2025
  4. Consultation closes 11 August 2025
  5. Decision issued 12 September 2025

Area

Total area
1.07 ha
Broadleaf
1.07 ha

Official source

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25FGS87179

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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.

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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

Pease Bay Coast

Site 1276

Official SiteLink record for Pease Bay Coast
Designation MIXED Proximity 1.4 km away Published area 69.88 ha Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 781 739

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

National soil map of Scotland

No mapped record covers this point.

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Land Capability for Forestry

No mapped record covers this point.

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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.