Felling Licence Applications (2012 onwards)

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31 January 2020
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This dataset applies to Felling Licence Applications recieved by Scottish Forestry (formerly Forestry Commission Scotland) after 1st January 2012 and administered using Scottish Forestry's Case Management System.

Anyone wishing to fell trees must ensure that a licence or permission under a grant scheme has been issued by Scottish Forestry before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply.

You normally need to get permission from Scottish Forestry to fell growing trees. This is usually given in a Felling Licence or an approval under a grant scheme. In certain circumstances you may also need special permission from another organisation for any proposed felling. This sometimes applies even if you do not need a Felling Licence.

Everyone involved in the felling of trees, whether doing the work or by engaging others, eg. the owner, agent, timber merchant or contractor, must ensure that a licence or approval under a grant scheme has been issued before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. They must also ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with the terms of a Scottish Forestry permission. If there is no licence or other valid permission, or if the wrong trees are felled, anyone involved can be prosecuted.

Do not begin felling until Scottish Forestry have issued a licence or other permission. Any felling carried out without either a licence or other permission is an offence, unless it is covered by an exception.

Attributes:

CASEREF : Case reference number PROPERTY NAME : Property name PROPERTY NAME : Woodland name AREABL : Broadleaf area to be felled (for whole licenced area) AREACON : Conifer area to be felled (for whole licenced area) NEARESTTOWN : Nearest town LOCALAUTH : Local Authority CONS : Conservancy GRIDREF : National Grid Reference STATUS : The current status of the application DATE REG : Date Registered PUBLIC CONS START : Public consultation start date PUBLIC CONS END : Public consultation end date DECISION : The felling licence decision DATE VALID : The date of the licence decision DATE CLOSED : The date the licence closed RESTCKDUE : The date of any restocking requirements FELLOPERATION : The type of felling operation FELLVOLUME : The estimated volume from felling in cubic meters. Applies to the specific operation FELLAREA : The applicants estimated area of felling. Applies to the specific operation

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Added to data.gov.uk
2020-01-31
Access contraints
No limitations on public access
Harvest GUID
10BBDA20-5A46-4EA2-9048-8D1CDCCE99D6
Extent
Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
Longitude: -8.8° to -0.71°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date
2012-01-01 (creation)
2019-11-01 (revision)
Frequency of update
monthly
Responsible party
Scottish Forestry (publisher, owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
Source Metadata
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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

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