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15FGS03254

Dornells Woodland Creation Small Farm Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Local authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Conservancy
South Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NX704660

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 29 November 2018
  2. Application accepted 29 November 2018
  3. Consultation opens 6 January 2016
  4. Consultation closes 3 February 2016
  5. Decision issued 29 November 2018

Area

Total area
4.26 ha
Broadleaf
4.26 ha

Official source

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15FGS03254

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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.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

River Dee (Parton to Crossmichael)

Site 1358

Official SiteLink record for River Dee (Parton to Crossmichael)
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity 1.5 km away Published area 509.01 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NX 704 660

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

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 439

Brown earths with noncalcareous gleys

Soil association
Rhins
Parent material
Red brown clayey drifts containing Ordovician and Silurian greywacke stones
Landform
Drumlins and undulating lowlands with simple and complex gentle and strong slopes: slightly rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

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

  • Linhope · 50% Brown earths
  • Rhins · 50% Noncalcareous 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.