Felling Licence Applications (2012 onwards)

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Last updated:
01 May 2018
Topic:
Environment
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Open Government Licence
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This dataset applies to Felling Licence Application recieved by the Forestry Commission after 1st January 2012 and administered using Forestry Commission Scotland's Case Management System.

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

You normally need to get permission from the Forestry Commission 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 Forestry Commission 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 the Forestry Commission 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.

Full details are available in the Forestry Commission's booklet 'Tree Felling - Getting Permission'.

Attributes:

CASEREF : Case reference number PROPERTY : Property name WOODLAND : Woodland name AREABL : Broadleaf area to be felled (for whole licenced area) AREACON : Conifer area to be felled (for whole licenced area) WOODOFFCR : Woodland Officer assigned to the case NRSTTOWN : Nearest town LOCALAUTH : Local Authority CONS : Conservancy GRIDREF : National Grid Reference STATUS : The current status of the application DECISION : The felling licence decision DECISNDAT : The date of the licence decision EXPIRYDAT : The date the licence expires RESTCKDAT : The date of any restocking requirements FELLTYPE : The type of felling operation ESTVOLUME : The estimated volume from felling in cubic meters. Applies to the specific operation ESTAREA : The applicants estimated area of felling. Applies to the specific operation CALCAREA : The digitised (GIS) area of felling.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2018-05-04
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)
2018-05-01 (revision)
Frequency of update
monthly
Responsible party
Forestry Commission Scotland (publisher, owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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