Woodland Grant Scheme 2: Forestry Incentives in Great Britain, 1991-1994

The Woodland Grant Scheme 2 (WGS2) operated between June 1991 and September 1994. It provided financial incentives for creating and managing woodlands across Great Britain, administered by the Forestry Commission (now Scottish Forestry). Updates to scheme boundaries and grant-aided areas were incorporated until the end of 2012, after which the dataset was finalized.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the spatial distribution of grant-aided woodlands based on the described scheme boundaries.
• Studying the evolution of forestry policy and environmental standards based on the described grant qualification guidelines.
• Tracking changes in woodland creation incentives over time based on the described scheme updates from 1991 to 2012.

Strengths

• The dataset has a defined operational period from June 1991 to September 1994.
• Updates were incorporated on a regular basis until a specific cutoff date at the end of 2012.

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

Grant scheme administration records from the Forestry Commission.

Time Range

1991-1994 (scheme operation), with boundary updates until 2012.

Freshness

Data finalized after 2012; no further changes were made.

Geography

Great Britain