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16FGS10154

Talla and Gameshope Phase 1 Native Woodland PLanting

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference
NT134202

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 10 August 2016
  4. Consultation closes 7 September 2016
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
45.02 ha
Broadleaf
45.02 ha

Official source

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16FGS10154

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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

STH22_0671 Colin Hill

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0485_A

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0485_B

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 3.2 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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Tweedsmuir Hills

Site 1573

Official SiteLink record for Tweedsmuir Hills
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 284 m away Published area 8,896.77 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 134 202

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral podzols

Map unit 224

Humus-iron podzols with rankers with brown earths

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills and valley sides with very steep slopes: some crags with scree and boulders: very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Minchmoor · 35% Humus-iron podzols
  • ETTRICK(RANK) · 35% Rankers
  • Linhope · 30% Brown earths
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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.