17FGS21717

Highfields New Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority: Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy: Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference: NS311866

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 29 November 2018
Application accepted 29 November 2018
Consultation opens 30 October 2017
Consultation closes 27 November 2017
Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area: 12.00 ha
Broadleaf: 12.00 ha

Official source

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17FGS21717

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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
STH23_0982 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 2.2 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH22_0608-0610 Phytophthora ramorum Hosts: Larch - spp.	Status Closed	Proximity 3.3 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH25_0783 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 3.3 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH25_0491 P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Issued	Proximity 4.2 km away	Issued Not published	Compliance date Not published	Biosecurity expiry Not published
STH21_0159-0164a P. ramorum Hosts: Larch	Status Closed	Proximity 4.4 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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 311 865

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty gleys

Map unit 246

Peaty gleys with dystrophic blanket peat

Soil association: Foudland
Parent material: Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform: Undulating lowland and lower hill slopes with gentle to strong slopes: non-rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

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

Shanquhar · 70% Peaty gleys
Blanket Peat · 30% Dystrophic blanket Peat

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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good flexibility for trees