SFGS Scheme Boundary

Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme - SFGS


Following publication of the Scottish Executive’s Scottish Forestry Strategy 'Forests for Scotland' the opportunity was taken to review the Woodland Grant Scheme and the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme and give them a greater Scottish focus.


The Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme (SFGS) - encouraged the creation and management of woods and forests to provide economic, environmental and social benefits.


Grants were available under three main areas:

- Grants for woodland expansion - creating new woodlands.

- Restocking grants, for replanting following felling.

- Stewardship grants, for a range of activities in existing woodlands.


Applications for SFGS grants started in June 2003 and closed in August 2006. SFGS was then superseded by the RDC-RP grant scheme.


Most grants for SFGS were based on a percentage of Standard Costs of agreed operations. The Standard Cost took account of the costs of labour, plants, machinery, materials and supervision to do work to the specification as set out in the SFGS Standard Costs and Specifications Booklet.


Depending upon the level of public benefit, grant payments were either at 60% or 90% of the Standard Cost. In the case of restocking, Standard Costs were mostly pitched at 75% of the new planting Standard Costs.


Grants were available for planting proposals that met one or more of the following objectives:

- Establishing well-designed productive woodland.

- Expanding areas of native woodland, preferably through natural

regeneration and the development of Forest Habitat Networks.

- Improving riparian habitat.

- Improving the quality and setting of urban or post-industrial areas.

- Improving the diversity of the farmed and crofting landscape.


Details of all eligible operations are set out within the 'Applicants Booklet' available from Conservancy Offices.


************************SFGS OBJECTIVES****************************


The abbreviations below list the SFGS objectives proposals are designed to meet:


Establishment grants


P1 to establish well-designed productive forest

P2 to expand the area of native woodland

P3 to improve a riparian habitat

P4 to improve the quality and setting of urban or post-industrial areas

P5 to improve the diversity of the farmed/crofting landscape



Stewardship Grants


S1 to improve timber quality

S2 to reduce deer numbers

S3 to improve the ecological value of native woodlands

S4 to improve woodland biodiversity

S5 to enhance landscape value

S6 to develop alternative systems to clear-felling

S7 to develop woodland recreation

S8 to develop community involvement



Restocking grants


R1 to produce well designed productive forest

R2 to restore areas of native woodland

R3 to improve riparian habitat

R4 to improve the quality and setting of urban or post-industrial areas

R5 to improve the diversity of the farmed/crofting landscape



Felling


F1 Clear felling

F2 Selective felling

F3 Continuous Cover

F4 Thinning



Other land


OL is not grant aided


************************** SPATIAL DATA **********************************


There are four spatial datasets associated with SFGS. These represent the scheme boundaries, management plan boundaries, sub-compartment boundaries and deer fence lines within each approved SFGS scheme.


Each SFGS spatial dataset is accompanied by a specific non-spatial database table. The datasets can be related to each other on a 'many to one' basis. This reflects the fact that many SFGS operations may occur within one spatial geography (eg.a sub-compartment).


The 'SFGS Scheme Boundary' spatial dataset can be 'related' to the 'SFGS Link Scheme Operations' table using the 'SchemeNo' attribute field.


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SFGS Scheme Boundary - Spatial Data Attributes:-


Attributes:

SchemeNo SFGS Scheme number

Descriptor Description of spatial feature

SchemeName Name of SFGS Scheme

Cons_Name Conservancy

Cont_Start Date contract started

Grid_Ref National grid reference

Local_Auth Local Authority

Status Scheme status


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SFGS Link Scheme Operations - Database Table Attributes:


Attributes:

SchemeNo SFGS Scheme number

Scheme_Type Type of scheme (SFGS, Forest Plan, etc)

Grant_Type Grant type code

Descriptor Description of grant type

Claim_No Claim number

Quantity Length, number or area of operation

Unit Unit of operation (eg. metres, visits, hectares)

Pct_Cost Percentage of total cost paid under SFGS

Pay_Rate Payment rate per unit (£)

Grant _Paid Amount of grant paid (£)

Pay_In_FY Financial year in which payment should be made

Obj_Code SFGS Objective code (see above for full descriptions)


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FCPRODUCT.S_SFGS_SCHEME_BDY
Date ()
2003-06-01
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2017-02-28
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FCPRODUCT.S_SFGS_SCHEME_BDY
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Scottish Forestry

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Operational Delivery

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Head of Operational Delivery

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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City of Edinburgh

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Maintenance and update frequency
monthly
Keywords

  • Forest Management

  • Grant Schemes

  • Planning

  • Environment

  • Felling

  • Landscape

  • Woodland

  • Licence

  • Ownership

  • SFGS

  • Forestry
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

  • Land use
Access constraints
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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 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

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  • WMS

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    1.3.0

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OnLine resource
Scottish Forestry Open Data (

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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Data download site

OnLine resource
SFGS_Scheme_Boundary (

OGC:WMS

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Scope
dataset
Statement

SFGS data was captured from approved contracts. Boundaries were interpreted from applicants maps using OS data, aerial photography, LPIS field boundaries and legacy grant scheme data. Boundaries were snapped to OS Mastermap polygon data wherever appropriate.


This dataset was regularly updated following the schemes closure up until 2017. No further updates will be applied.

Metadata

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Metadata language
eng (en)
Resource Type
dataset
Date stamp
2023-06-22
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.2
 

Scottish Forestry

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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
 
 

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