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16FGS06256

Gillesbie Estate Ranges and Sheepcote new planting

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NY154930

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 29 July 2016
  4. Consultation closes 26 August 2016
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
4.58 ha
Conifer
4.58 ha

Official source

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16FGS06256

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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_0362

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 199 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0333_1022_1024 Shankend

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 429 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH24_0516_0515

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 557 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0199_0455_0458

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Issued Proximity 577 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH23_0362a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 685 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 · NY 154 929

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

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 233

Noncalcareous gleys with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Valleys and depressions amongst hills and uplands with gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Littleshalloch · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • Dochroyle · 50% 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.