Alternate title

FCPRODUCT.S_WGS3

Date ( Creation )

1997-09-01

Date ( Revision )

2012-05-04

Identifier

FCPRODUCT.S_WGS3

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

Keywords

• Forest Management , Grant Schemes , Planning , Environment , Felling , Landscape , Woodland , Licence , Ownership , WGS , Forestry

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

• Land use

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

No limitations on public access

Use limitation

Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and

database right [year]. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100043970.

Spatial representation type

vector Vector

Denominator

10000

Metadata language

eng English

Topic category

• Farming
• Biota
• Economy
• Environment

Geographic identifier

GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )

2007-12-13

Reference system identifier

EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9

Distribution format

• ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

• WMS (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource

Scottish Forestry Open Data  

Data download site

OnLine resource

3  

Woodland Grant Scheme 3

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Statement

The spatial element of this dataset has been digitised by Scottish Forestry's Geo-Information Services using both Laserscan's LAMPS and ESRI's ArcView software. The textual element has been extracted from the WGS Oracle database using Business Objects and associated with the polygon data.

Information was mapped following final approval stage from contract maps supplied by the applicants (normally based on 1:2500 or 1:10,000 OS maps).

Spatial data was digitised against OS raster backdrops using 1:25,000 scale between 1997 and 2000, and 1:10,000 scale between 2000 and 2004.

Updates to scheme boundaries and grant aided areas were incorporated into the dataset on a regular basis until the end of 2012. No further changes will be made after this time.

Contents of the dataset:

The dataset identifies areas approved by grant type within each WGS scheme boundary. The list below provides a summary of the grant types captured:

SCHEME BOUNDARY -

The boundary of the area(s) included within the scheme (contract).

NEW PLANTING APPROVED -

Areas within the contract where new planting has been approved under NP, NB, NS, NC, NK, NX and/or NY.

NEW NATURAL REGENERATION APPROVED -

Areas within the contract where new natural regeneration has been approved under NN, NL and/or NZ.

REPLANTING/RESTOCKING/MANAGEMENT -

Areas within the contract where replanting or restocking has been approved under RP, RC or RQ.

RESTOCKING BY NATURAL REGENERATION -

Areas within the contract where restocking by natural regeneration has been approved under RN or EN.

ANNUAL MANAGEMENT GRANT -

Areas within the contract approved for Annual Management Grant payment. AMG is intended to assist with the costs of maintaining and improving woodland and for creating or enhancing public access.

COMMUNITY FOREST PREMIUM -

Areas within the contract approved for Community Forest Premium (CF PREM). This payment provides an additional incentive for the planting of new woodlands in specially targeted areas.

WOODLAND IMPROVEMENT GRANT -

Areas within the contract approved for Woodland Improvement Grant. This is a single payment made to encourage a range of work in existing woodlands and bring them back into management or where the opportunity arises, to undertake work which will enhance the value of the woodland for conservation, landscape or recreation.

WIG is currently divided into three categories - –

WIG1 for Public Access

WIG2 for Undermanaged Woodlands

WIG3 for Biodiversity.

LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION ANNUAL PREMIUM (1st January 2000 On)

Areas within the contract approved for Livestock Exclusion Annual Premium (LEAP) paid to compensate the farmer for the loss of revenue through excluding agricultural stock from woodlands. To qualify, an area must be within either a Less Favoured Area (LFA) or an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA). The grant may only be paid if agricultural stock is preventing the regeneration of woodland.

COMMUNITY WOODLAND CONTRIBUTION -

Areas within the contract approved for Community Woodland Contribution. CWC is available to encourage the creation of new woodlands near towns and cities which can be used for informal recreation.

FELLING (1st April 1998 On) -

Areas within the contract approved for clear felling. Following a change in the law on 1st April 1998, WGS was removed from felling licence exemptions and any licensable felling within the contract must now be covered by a felling licence.

SELECTIVE FELLING (1st April 1998 On) -

Areas within the contract approved for selective felling. Following a change in the law on 1st April 1998, WGS was removed from felling licence exemptions and any licensable felling within the contract must now be covered by a felling licence.

Below is a list of the abbreviations used above:

NP New planting

NB New planting with better land supplement

NS New planting accepted into the 1988 set-aside scheme

NC New planting of coppice

NK New planting of coppice with better land supplement

NX New planting of short rotation coppice on non set-aside land

NY New planting of short rotation coppice on set-aside land

NN New planting by natural regeneration

NL New planting by natural regeneration with better land supp

NZ New planting by natural regeneration with set-aside

RP Restocking by replanting

RC Restocking with coppice (planting not regrowth)

RQ Restocking with short rotation coppice (planting not regrowth)

RN Restocking by natural regeneration

EN Restocking by existing natural regeneration

Dataset Attributes:

FEATDESC Description of identified feature

PROPNO Property number

PLANNO Plan number

PROPNAME Property name

PLAN_TYPE Type of plan (Management,Establishment,Both)

PROP_TYPE Property type (Farm, Recreation, etc)

OWNER_TYPE Owner type (Business, Personal Occupier, etc)

GRID_REF National grid reference (NS987435)

LOCAL_AUTH Council (eg. Highland Council)

CWSPREM Is the scheme eligible for CWS (Y/N)

FWPSPREM Is the scheme eligible for FWPS (Y/N)

CNT_START Date the contract started

CNT_END Date the contract ends

CONS_NAME Conservancy name

CON_AREA Total conifer planting under work type (ha)

BL_AREA Total broadleaf planting under work type (ha)

PCEN_CON Percentage conifer planting under work type

PCEN_BL Percentage broadleaf planting under work type

CON_UNPD Conifer area still to receive 1st Inst (ha)

BL_UNPD Broadleaf area still to receive 1st Inst (ha)

PC_C_UNPD Percentage conifer still to receive 1st Inst

PC_BL_UNPD Percentage broadleaf still to receive 1st Inst

TOT_AREA Total area of work type within scheme

Metadata

File identifier

A146EFA3-439D-4363-B002-51F9A1787311   XML

Metadata language

eng English

Character set

utf8 UTF8

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2020-01-31

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0