Identification

Title

Woodland Grant Scheme 3

Alternative title(s)

FCPRODUCT.S_WGS3

Abstract

The Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS) provided incentives for people to create and manage woodlands on sites all over Great Britain. The Forestry Commission (now Scottish Forestry) paid grants for establishing and looking after woodlands and forests. To qualify for grant the applicant was required to meet the standards of environmental protection and practice set out in the Forestry Commission’s guidelines. WGS3 was launched during September 1994 and was closed for new applications in Scotland in February 2003. It was then replaced by the Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme (SFGS). 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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://open-data-scottishforestry.hub.arcgis.com/

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Scottish Forestry Open Data

description: Data download site

https://cagmap.snh.gov.uk/arcgis/services/fcs_grants_and_regulations/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map

name: 3

description: Woodland Grant Scheme 3

Unique resource identifier

code

FCPRODUCT.S_WGS3

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

biota

economy

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Forest Management

Grant Schemes

Planning

Environment

Felling

Landscape

Woodland

Licence

Ownership

WGS

Forestry

Keyword set

keyword value

Land use

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.8

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO3166-2

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-12-13

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1997-09-01

date type

revision

effective date

2012-05-04

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

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

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Head of Geo-Information Services

organisation name

Scottish Forestry

full postal address

Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7AT

United Kingdom

email address

geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

contact position

Head of Operational Delivery

organisation name

Scottish Forestry

full postal address

Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7AT

United Kingdom

email address

geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Head of Geo-Information Services

organisation name

Scottish Forestry

full postal address

Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7AT

United Kingdom

email address

geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-01-31

Metadata language

eng