RDC - Woodland Creation Boundary: Scottish Rural Development Programme Funding Areas

The Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2007-2013 included a woodland creation scheme. This dataset contains boundary polygons representing the total area covered by funding applications for eight different woodland creation options, such as productive conifer, native, and mixed woodlands. The data was administered by the Scottish Government with European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development funding.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of funded woodland creation projects based on the boundary polygons.
• Assess the scale of different woodland types (e.g., native vs. productive) based on the eight options described.
• Study the allocation of rural development funds across different Scottish regions based on the RPAC region field.
• Model the relationship between approved area and project administration based on the TOTAL_AREA and ORGANISTN fields.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific, well-defined government programme (Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007-2013).
• Includes a clear categorization of eight distinct woodland creation options.
• Contains geospatial boundary data for analyzing project footprints.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Administrative records from the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2007-2013.

Time Range

2007-2013

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Scotland