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17FGS21637

Hill of Balgair

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Stirling Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NS612914

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 18 October 2017
  4. Consultation closes 14 November 2017
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
40.65 ha
Conifer
22.24 ha
Broadleaf
18.41 ha

Official source

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17FGS21637

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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.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 612 913

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 343

Peaty gleyed podzols with dystrophic blanket peat with peaty gleys

Soil association
Kippen
Parent material
Drifts derived mainly from Upper Old Red Sandstone sandstones
Landform
Hills and valley sides with gentle and strong slopes: slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Garrique · 35% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Blanket Peat · 35% Dystrophic blanket Peat
  • Limpithill · 30% Peaty 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.