England's Managed Woodland Status as a 25m Raster, September 2015

Forestry Commission England's Headline Performance Indicator dataset measures the percentage of woodland under active management as of 30 September 2015. The data is derived from administrative sources like grant schemes and felling licenses, integrated into a georeferenced raster file. Cell values of 0 or 1 classify 25m grid cells as unmanaged or actively managed woodland across England.

Use Cases

• Classifying land management status based on binary raster cell values.
• Mapping the spatial distribution of managed versus unmanaged woodland.
• Assessing forestry policy impact by analyzing areas under grant schemes.
• Calculating the percentage of actively managed woodland for performance reporting.

Strengths

• Provides a clear binary classification (0/1) for management status.
• Uses a standardized 25-meter cell size for spatial analysis.
• Integrates multiple authoritative administrative data sources listed in the description.
• Based on the National Forest Inventory for the total woodland area denominator.

Limitations

• The definition of 'actively managed' is limited to specific grant and license schemes, excluding other potential management activities.
• Row count, column details, and last update date are unknown.
• Data is a snapshot from a single date (30 September 2015); temporal coverage is limited.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission England, via the Government Digital Service and eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Integration of administrative data from grant schemes, felling licenses, and public estate records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 30 September 2015.

Freshness

Snapshot as of 30 September 2015; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

England, United Kingdom.