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25FGS86679

Kings Laggan Woodland Creation

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Gatehouse of Fleet
Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX563589

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 14 May 2025
  2. Application accepted 14 May 2025
  3. Consultation opens 18 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 15 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 18 July 2025

Area

Total area
89.29 ha
Conifer
40.59 ha
Broadleaf
48.70 ha

Official source

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25FGS86679

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First archived 9 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

UK/PH/AH/26072012c

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 2.8 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

Ardwall Hill

Site 84

Official SiteLink record for Ardwall Hill
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 494 m away Published area 219.27 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Skyreburn Grasslands

Site 1441

Official SiteLink record for Skyreburn Grasslands
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.7 km away Published area 40.74 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 563 589

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

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 230

Peaty gleyed podzols with peaty gleys

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with complex strong and steep slopes: non-rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Dod · 50% Peaty gleyed podzols
  • Dochroyle · 50% Peaty gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F3 Good 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.