SFGS Scheme Boundary: Scottish Forestry Grant Areas

Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme boundaries defined for a program active from June 2003 to August 2006. The scheme offered grants at 60% or 90% of Standard Costs for woodland expansion, restocking, and stewardship to provide economic, environmental, and social benefits. This dataset is published by the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical grant uptake patterns based on the described grant categories (woodland expansion, restocking, stewardship).
• Map eligible forestry project areas based on the scheme's geographic boundaries.
• Study the alignment of grant objectives (e.g., P1 for productive forest, S4 for biodiversity) with land cover changes.

Strengths

• Clear temporal scope for the active grant scheme from June 2003 to August 2006.
• Detailed description of grant structure, including specific percentage rates (60%, 90%, 75%) and three main grant areas.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Administrative boundaries for a government grant scheme.

Time Range

Program active from June 2003 to August 2006.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Scotland