Description:
This dataset is an archived dataset and has not been updated since June 2008
The Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS) provides incentives for people to create and
manage woodlands
on sites all over Great Britain. The Forestry Commission pays grants for establishing
and looking after woodlands and forests.
To qualify for grant the applicant must meet the standards of
environmental protection and practice set out in the
Forestry Commission's guidelines.
WGS2 operated between June 1991 and September 1994.
Contents of the dataset The dataset identifies areas approved
by grant type within each WGS Scheme. The list below provides
a summary of grant type captured:
SCHEME BOUNDARY -The boundary of the area(s) included within the scheme.
NEW PLANTING APPROVED - Areas within the contract where new planting has
been approved under NP, NB, NS, NC, NK, NQ and/or NU.
NEW NATURAL REGENERATION APPROVED - Areas within the contract where
new natural regeneration has been approved under NN, NL and/or NZ.
REPLANTING/REGENERATION/MANAGEMENT - Areas within the contract where
replanting, restocking by natural regeneration or management has been approved
under RP, RN, RC RG, RQ, EN, MG and/or SM.
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.
Abreviations 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 NQ New
planting short rotation coppice NU New planting short rotation coppice with better land
supplement NN New planting by natural regeneration NL New planting by natural
regeneration with better land supp NZ New planting by natural regeneration with setaside
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
MG Management grant SM Special management grant
Dataset Attributes
Descriptor Description of identified feature
PropNumber Property number
PlanNumber Plan number
PropName Property name
PlanType Type of plan (Management, Establishment, Both)
PropType Property type (Farm, Recreation, etc)
OwnerType Owner type (Business, Personal Occupier, etc)
GridRef National grid reference
LocalAuth Council
CWSPrem Is the scheme eligible for Community Woodland Supplement
(Y/N)
FarmPrem Is the scheme eligible for Farm Woodland Premium Scheme
(Y/N)
ContStart Date the contract started
ContEnd Date the contract ends
CaseOffcr Case Officers name
ApprOffcr Approving Officers name
ConsName Conservancy name
AgentName Agents name
AgentPrem Agents premises
AgentStr Agents street
AgentDist Agents area
AgentTown Agents town or city
AgentPC Agents post-code
AgentTel Agents telephone number
Conifha Total conifer planting under work type (ha)
BLeafha Total broadleaf planting under work type (ha)
Conifpct Percentage conifer planting under work type
BLeafpct Percentage broadleaf planting under work type
Conifunpd Conifer area still to receive 1st Installment payment (ha)
BLeafunpd Broadleaf area still to receive 1st Installment payment (ha)
Total_Area Total area of work type within the grant scheme
Dataset Information
Data Lineage
The spatial element of this dataset has been digitised by CGIS, FCW 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 is mapped following final approved stage from contract maps
supplied by the applicants (normally based on 1:2500 or 1:10,000 OS maps).
Spatial data has been digitised against OS raster backdrops using 1:25,000
scale between 1997 and 2000, and 1:10,000 scale between 2000 and 2004.
No Amenments to scheme boundaries or grant aided areas have been made
Withdrawn This work type has been withdrawn from the case (True/False)
Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy:
© Crown copyright and database right 'year'.
Ordnance Survey Licence number 100021242.
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