17FGS20377

Crofthead woodland creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference: NT117047

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 29 November 2018
Application accepted 29 November 2018
Consultation opens 9 November 2017
Consultation closes 7 December 2017
Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area: 92.26 ha
Conifer: 69.44 ha
Broadleaf: 22.82 ha

Official source

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17FGS20377

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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
STh19_0234-0235 Wait Hill (Crofthead) Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 374 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0077_0233 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 496 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH21_0387 Hunterheck Hill P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 625 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0938 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 904 m away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH19_0211_212_0213_0215_217_0218_0240_719 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Issued	Proximity 906 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 · NT 117 047

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 209

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Foothills and undulating lowlands with gentle and strong slopes

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Altimeg · 50% Brown earths
Kedslie · 50% Noncalcareous gleys

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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good flexibility for trees