Management Plans for Small Woodlands Under 100 Hectares in the UK

Management Plans provide a simpler alternative to Forest Plans for woodlands under 100 hectares, required for SRDP grant eligibility. The dataset contains attributes such as plan reference numbers, dates, agreed area, conservancy, and grid references. It is provided by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Assessing eligibility for SRDP grants based on plan attributes like AGREED_AREA and DATE_AGREED.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of small woodland management using GRID_REF and GIS_AREA.
• Monitoring plan duration and renewal cycles based on DATE_AGREED and DATE_EXPIRES fields.
• Studying regional forestry administration patterns using CONSERVANCY and RPAC columns.

Strengths

• Includes specific attributes for grant eligibility assessment, such as CASE_REF_NO and AGREED_AREA.
• Contains geospatial references (GRID_REF) and area calculations (GIS_AREA) for location-based analysis.
• Plans are defined according to the principles of the UK Forestry Standard, providing a consistent framework.

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation beyond the listed attributes is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Basic attributes captured during digitizing, joined with comprehensive information entered in Excel by Conservancy staff.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is implied by DATE_AGREED and DATE_EXPIRES columns but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Spatial coverage is the UK, indicated by references to UK Forestry Standard and National Grid Reference.