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dataset
GIS
Scottish Forestry
Head of Geo-Information Services
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
United Kingdom
geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot
pointOfContact
2023-06-22
UK GEMINI
2.2
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
EPSG
7.9
SFGS Scheme Boundary
FCPRODUCT.S_SFGS_SCHEME_BDY
2003-06-01
creation
2017-02-28
revision
FCPRODUCT.S_SFGS_SCHEME_BDY
mapDigital
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 SFGS was then superseded by the RDC-RP grant scheme.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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GIS
Scottish Forestry
Head of Geo-Information Services
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
United Kingdom
geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot
publisher
Operational Delivery
Scottish Forestry
Head of Operational Delivery
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
United Kingdom
geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot
owner
monthly
Forest Management
Grant Schemes
Planning
Environment
Felling
Landscape
Woodland
Licence
Ownership
SFGS
Forestry
Land use
theme
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme
otherRestrictions
No limitations on public access
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.
Open Government Licence
vector
10000
eng
farming
biota
economy
environment
ISO3166-2
2007-12-13
publication
GB-SCT
-8.80
-0.71
54.63
60.87
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
WMS
1.3.0
https://open-data-scottishforestry.hub.arcgis.com/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Scottish Forestry Open Data
Data download site
https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/scottishforestry/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities
OGC:WMS
SFGS_Scheme_Boundary
SFGS_Scheme_Boundary
dataset
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.