Managed Woodland Headline Performance Indicator England 30 September 2012

A raster dataset from September 2012 showing the active management status of woodland in England. It was produced by the Forestry Commission as a source for their Corporate Plan Performance Indicators, integrating administrative grant and license data. The data is provided as a georeferenced raster file with 25-meter cell resolution.

Use Cases

• Calculate the percentage of actively managed woodland in England based on the raster cell values.
• Map the spatial distribution of managed versus unmanaged woodland for regional planning.
• Analyze the impact of grant schemes (EWGS, FWPS) and felling licenses on woodland management status.
• Integrate the management status layer with other environmental datasets for broader land-use analysis.

Strengths

• The dataset provides a clear binary classification (0=Unmanaged, 1=Managed) for each 25-meter cell.
• The methodology for defining 'actively managed' is explicitly detailed using eight administrative data sources.
• The denominator for calculation is based on the National Forest Inventory, providing a standardized baseline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The definition of 'actively managed' excludes certain grant schemes and plans, which may limit coverage.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission, United Kingdom

Collection Method

Integration of administrative data from grant schemes, felling licenses, and Public Forest Estate records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 30 September 2012.

Geography

England