25FGS85979
Knock Fell NWC
Approved Forestry Grant Scheme
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Where
- Nearest town
- Glenluce
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Conservancy
- South Scotland Conservancy
- Grid reference
- NX246557
Key dates
- Application registered 7 April 2025
- Application accepted 8 April 2025
- Consultation opens 16 April 2025
- Consultation closes 14 May 2025
- Decision issued 19 August 2025
Area
- Total area
- 62.88 ha
- Conifer
- 17.42 ha
- Broadleaf
- 45.46 ha
Official source
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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.
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Protected places
Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow of Dergoals Site 645 Official SiteLink record for Flow of Dergoals ↗ | Designation BIOLOGICAL | Proximity 1.2 km away | Published area 170.14 ha | Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL |
Soils and forestry capability
At the application’s recorded location · NX 246 556
Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.
National soil map of Scotland
Peat
Map unit 215
Dystrophic semi-confined peat with peaty rankers
- Soil association
- Ettrick
- Parent material
- Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
- Landform
- Valley floors and lowlands with rock knolls and moundy moraines: complex gentle slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit
Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.
- Semi-confined peat · 85% Dystrophic semi-confined peat
- ETTRICK(PRANK) · 15% Peaty rankers
Land Capability for Forestry
F5 Limited flexibility for trees
Nearby records
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA01886 Machermore Wood | Location Glenluce Dumfries and Galloway | Status Expired | Distance 943 m away | Area 0.69 ha | Decision issued |
| FPA-12684 Whitefield Community Woodland | Location Glenluce Dumfries and Galloway | Status Approved | Distance 1.5 km away | Area 2.35 ha | Approved |
| FPA-9420 Wood of Dervaird | Location Glenluce Dumfries and Galloway | Status Expired | Distance 2.8 km away | Area 2.5 ha | Decision issued |
| FPA-13235 Dergoals | Location Glenluce Dumfries and Galloway | Status Approved | Distance 3.2 km away | Area 5.4 ha | Approved |
| FLA03457 Dervaid | Location Newton Stewart Dumfries and Galloway | Status Expired | Distance 3.3 km away | Area 7.51 ha | Decision issued |
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