Managed Woodland Status in England, June 2012

A raster file with 25-meter cells classifies woodland in England as actively managed or unmanaged as of 30 June 2012. The Forestry Commission defined 'actively managed' using eight administrative data sources, including grant schemes and felling licenses. The denominator for the performance indicator calculation was the total woodland area from the National Forest Inventory.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of managed woodland based on raster cell values.
• Calculate the percentage of actively managed woodland area for performance reporting.
• Analyze the impact of specific grant schemes (e.g., EWGS, FWPS) on management status.
• Integrate management status layers with other environmental datasets for land-use planning.

Strengths

• The definition of 'actively managed' is explicitly detailed using eight specific administrative criteria.
• Data is provided as a georeferenced raster file with a defined 25-meter cell size.
• The total woodland area denominator is sourced from the National Forest Inventory.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Integration of administrative data sources (grant schemes, felling licenses, Public Forest Estate) into a single raster layer.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 30 June 2012.

Geography

England