Forestry and Woodland Strategies - Scotland
These strategies are a requirement that has now been added into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/part/4/crossheading/forestry-and-woodland-strategy/enacted
Most councils already have a FWS and these are normally (but not always) accompanied by spatial data. Some of the strategies are produced jointly across Councils, e.g. Stirling & Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh & Lothians, Glasgow Clyde Valley.
Generally, the FWS datasets contain similar attribution which identifies the FWS Classification, or the potential areas for woodland expansion. The 'suitability' attribute is usually along the lines of: Preferred, Potential, Sensitive, Unsuitable.
Some of the councils have produced a few layers of data for their FWS which might apply specifically to woodland planting types, e.g. a separate FWS layer for native woodlands or for productive woodlands.
Please note the data has been created using data of different scales (regional/local) and has been created as a high level assessment tool. The data should be viewed NO larger than 1:25000. Identification as a preferred area does not imply automatic approval of woodland planting proposals. Applications will be assessed based on site conditions. To be used in conjunction with the published supplementary guidance.
Default
Identification info
- Alternative title
- fws
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2024-03-26
- Identifier
- www.spatialhub.scot / sh_fws
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Keywords ()
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- Land use
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Land use
- Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access
- Use constraints
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Spatial representation type
- Topic category
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- Planning cadastre
- Environment
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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OGC:WMC
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1.3.0
)
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OGC:WMC
(
1.3.0
)
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Forestry and Woodland Strategy - Scotland
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
A link to the CKAN metadata record on the Spatial Hub. A direct link to the OGC Web Feature Service and Web Map Service is available here.
- Resource Locator
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EDINA Digimap Service
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
EDINA Digimap Service
- Resource Locator
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Planning (Scotland) Act 2019
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
Section 53. Forestry and woodland strategy
- Quality Scope
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Degree
- Statement
- This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub. For more information visit www.spatialhub.scot.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 6efe2227-2344-4c8d-8d6f-fd67580489ad XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-26T10:41:13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3