Forestry and Woodland Strategies - Scotland

These strategies are a requirement that has now been added into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/part/4/crossheading/forestry-and-woodland-strategy/enacted

Most councils already have a FWS and these are normally accompanied by spatial data. Some of the strategies are produced jointly across Councils, e.g. Stirling & Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh & Lothians, Glasgow Clyde Valley.

Generally, the FWS datasets contain similar attribution which identifies the FWS Classification, or the potential areas for woodland expansion. The attribution is usually along the lines of: Preferred, Potential, Sensitive, Unsuitable.

Some of the councils have produced a few layers of data for their FWS which might apply specifically to woodland planting types, e.g. a separate FWS layer for native woodlands or for productive woodlands.

Please note the data has been created using data of different scales (regional/local) and has been created as a high level assessment tool. The data should be viewed NO larger than 1:25000. Identification as a preferred area does not imply automatic approval of woodland planting proposals. Applications will be assessed based on site conditions. To be used in conjunction with the published supplementary guidance.

 
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. Forestry and Woodland Strategies - Scotland. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6efe2227-2344-4c8d-8d6f-fd67580489ad

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Alternate title
fws
Date ( Revision )
2020-03-16
Identifier
www.spatialhub.scot / sh_fws

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Maintenance and update frequency
quarterly Quarterly
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Land use
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land use , Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Limitations on public access
Use limitation
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the OSMA (One Scotland Mapping Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Planning cadastre
  • Environment
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Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • OGC:WMC (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/  
OnLine resource
Spatial Hub View Service (WMS)  

Spatial Hub View Service (WMS)

OnLine resource
Spatial Hub Download Service (WFS)  

Spatial Hub Download Service (WFS)

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dataset Dataset
Statement
This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub. For more information visit www.spatialhub.scot.

Metadata

File identifier
6efe2227-2344-4c8d-8d6f-fd67580489ad   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-03-16
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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