Small Woodland Management Plan Boundaries for UK Woodlands Under 10 Hectares

Boundaries of land captured as part of small woodland management plan processing in the UK. The plan template is designed to encourage sustainable management consistent with the UK Forestry Standard and is suited for woodlands of ten hectares and under. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under an open government license.

Use Cases

• Mapping eligible woodland boundaries for Countryside Stewardship applications based on the plan's pre-requisite role.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of small woodlands entering sustainable management based on the UK Forestry Standard.
• Planning ten-year felling permissions based on the information provided in the management plan template.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific UK government initiative for sustainable forestry management.
• Contains boundaries for woodlands suited to a defined size threshold of ten hectares and under.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Captured as part of small woodland management plan processing.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

United Kingdom