Forestry and Woodland Strategies for Scotland, 1:25,000 Scale
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Description
A collection of spatial datasets from Scottish councils, created as a high-level assessment tool for forestry planning. The data, aggregated from multiple local authorities, includes attributes classifying land suitability for woodland expansion, such as 'Preferred', 'Potential', 'Sensitive', and 'Unsuitable'. The data is provided by the Scottish Government via SpatialData.gov.scot and was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
Assessing land suitability for new woodland planting based on the described 'suitability' attribute.
Regional forestry planning by identifying 'potential areas for woodland expansion' as mentioned in the description.
Creating specialized maps for native or productive woodland types based on separate strategy layers noted in the description.
Strengths
Includes data from multiple Scottish councils, some produced jointly across regions.
Contains standardized attribution for land suitability classification, as described.
Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-05-02.
Limitations
Data was created at different scales and should not be viewed at a scale larger than 1:25,000, limiting high-resolution analysis.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and specific file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Collection Method
Aggregated from strategies produced by Scottish local authorities.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-02 11:04:24.744072; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Scotland
Data is a strategic assessment tool; identification as a 'preferred area' does not imply automatic approval for planting proposals. Must be used in conjunction with published supplementary guidance.