RDC Forest Plans

Forest Plans aim to deliver long-term environmental benefits through sustainable forest management and consists of a strategic plan describing the major forest operations over a 20 year period. RDC Forest Plans were closed to new applications in 2012, but the dataset is still updated in terms of boundary changes to felling phases and LISS.


Support was given to help prepare a Forest Plan through the SRDP's Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) for long-term forest planning. An approved Forest Plan gave a 10 year approval for felling, thinning and provided the means of accessing grants for restructuring felling and regeneration and other grant support through Rural Development Contracts - Rural Priorities.


This dataset stores information on the Forest Plan boundary, the 1st and 2nd clearfell phases (1-5 years and 6-10 years) and areas managed under Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS).


Basic attribute information is captured during the digitising process. This is subsequently joined to more comprehensive information which is entered in an Excel spreadsheet by Conservancy staff.


Attributes

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Case_No : RDC Case Reference Number

Descriptor : Description of the spatial feature

Cont_Start : Date of Approval

Fell_Start : Start year of felling phase

Fell_End : End year of felling phase

Cont_End : Contract end date

Claim_Area : Area claimed for the Forest Plan. This only applies to the FP Boundary

GIS_Area : Area generated from spatial data capture

RPAC : Regional Proposal Assessment Committee

Local_Auth : Local Authority

Cons_Name : Conservancy

Grid_Ref : National Grid Reference

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Alternate title

S_FPLAN_RDC
Date ()
2010-04-01
Date ()
2024-11-19
Identifier

S_FPLAN_RDC
Presentation form
mapDigital
 

Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
 

Scottish Forestry

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Operational Delivery

 (

Head of Operational Delivery

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

 ,

Edinburgh

 ,

City of Edinburgh

 ,

EH11 3XD

 ,

United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
monthly
Keywords

  • Forest Management

  • Grant Schemes

  • Planning

  • Environment

  • Felling

  • Landscape

  • Woodland

  • Licence

  • Ownership

  • RDC

  • Forestry
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

  • Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

No limitations on public access
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.
Use constraints
Open Government Licence
Spatial representation type
vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng (en)
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
Geographic identifier

GB-SCT

Date ()
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier

EPSG

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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

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7.9
Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    1.0

     )

  • WMS

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    1.3.0

     )

OnLine resource
Scottish Forestry Open Data (

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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Data download site

OnLine resource
RDC_Forest_Plans (

OGC:WMS

 )
Scope
dataset
Statement

This dataset is maintained by Scottish Forestry Geo-Information Services and utilises information entered into a spreadsheet by Scottish Forestry Conservancy staff. Information is usually captured from scanned applicants maps. These maps should clearly show Forest Plan boundaries and areas of felling and LISS. Details for these maps are interpreted and captured against RPID field boundaries, Ordnance Survey MasterMap, aerial photography and other relevant datasets where required (e.g. previous grant schemes).

Metadata

File identifier
5FB84A8B-D618-4CD6-9E0B-7E903CEFE27B
Metadata language
eng (en)
Resource Type
dataset
Date stamp
2024-11-19
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.2
 

Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

 )

Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

 ,

Edinburgh

 ,

City of Edinburgh

 ,

EH11 3XD

 ,

United Kingdom
 
 

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