English Woodland Grant Scheme Boundary

The English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) was launched in 2005 and offered 6 grants for the creation and stewardship of woodlands. This dataset contains the scheme or 'case' boundaries that make up the EWGS applications approved by the Forestry Commission.

EWGS is now closed and was superseded by Countryside Stewardship in 2015.

Grant types under EWGS:

Woodland Planning Grant (WPG) - 'To support the preparation of woodland management plans' Designed primarily to aid the production of management plans - the foundation of sustainable management. The management plan template meets UKWAS planning requirements, thus assisting entry into certification.

Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG) - 'To support information gathering that improves management decisions'. Designed to obtain further information, where there is an identified need. The information required should inform management decisions and reflect the sensitivity of the site and proposed work.

Woodland Regeneration Grant (WRG) - 'To support desirable changes in woodland at the time of greatest opportunity'. Designed to support the re-establishment of trees when woodland felling has taken place.

Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) - 'To support capital projects in woodlands'. Designed to support work such as access tracks, uneconomic thinning, coppicing, rhododendron clearance and public access facilities.

Woodland Management Grant (WMG) - 'To support the basic management activities that underpin woodland
sustainability'. Designed to support operations that maintain or enhance the environmental and social value e.g. ride management, pest management, coppicing and uneconomic thinning.

Woodland Creation Grant (WCG) - 'To support the creation of properly designed and well located new woodlands'

Further information can be found in the 'EWGS General Guide' available from the Forestry Commission England's website in addition to the Regional Prospectus for particular grant types:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestry-commission

There are two spatial datasets associated with the EWGS. These represent the Case Boundary - this dataset - and the Sub-compartments that are encapsulated by a case boundary. Sub-compartments are available as a separate dataset and contain more detail about the grants awarded to each case.

EWGS Sub-compartments vs case boundaries:

Sub-compartments are the smallest mapped unit of grant aided area under the EWGS. Sub-compartments are aggregated up to Case Boundaries, and these boundaries are subsequently used to describe the overall extent of the EWGS case. A single case represents one application from an applicant for grant aid, and there may be a number of different grant types contained within a single case.

All boundaries for cases that have been approved (and were not subsequently withdrawn without payment) from the inception of the EWGS are contained in this dataset. Some cases have passed out of the obligation period of the contract which they are under. These cases have a case status of 'Closed'.

Attributes:

CaseRef = EWGS Case unique identifier
PropName = The case name
FSArea = The Forestry Commission Area who dealt with the case
CaseType = The case type
DateApprv = The date the case was approved by the Forestry Commission
CurrStat = The status of the case at the time the data was created
AreaHa = Area in hectares of the case Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

英语森林赠地计划（EWGS）于2005年启动，旨在提供6项赠地，以支持林地创建与管理。本数据集包含获林业委员会批准的EWGS申请的方案或'案例'边界。EWGS已于2015年被乡村管理计划所取代。

EWGS下的赠地类型：

- 林地规划赠地（WPG）- '旨在支持林地管理计划的制定'。该赠地主要设计用于协助管理计划的编制，而管理计划是可持续管理的基础。管理计划模板符合英国森林认证体系（UKWAS）的规划要求，有助于获得认证。

- 林地评估赠地（WAG）- '旨在支持信息搜集，以改善管理决策'。该赠地旨在获取进一步信息，以满足已识别的需求。所需信息应指导管理决策，并反映场地敏感性和拟议工作的性质。

- 林地恢复赠地（WRG）- '旨在支持在林地采伐后的最佳时机对林地的期望性改变'。该赠地旨在支持在林地采伐后重新种植树木。

- 林地改良赠地（WIG）- '旨在支持林地中的资本项目'。该赠地旨在支持如通路建设、不经济的疏伐、修剪、杜鹃清除和公共通道设施等工作。

- 林地管理赠地（WMG）- '旨在支持支撑林地可持续性的基本管理活动'。该赠地旨在支持维护或提升环境和社会价值的操作，例如骑道管理、害虫管理、修剪和不经济的疏伐。

- 林地创建赠地（WCG）- '旨在支持设计合理、位置适宜的新林地的创建'。

更多详细信息可在林业委员会英格兰网站上的'EWGS通用指南'以及特定赠地类型的区域规划册中找到：

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestry-commission

与EWGS相关的有两个空间数据集。这些数据集代表案例边界（即本数据集）和被案例边界封装的子部分。子部分作为单独的数据集提供，包含关于每个案例所获赠地更详细的信息。

EWGS子部分与案例边界：

子部分是EWGS下受赠地援助区域的最小测绘单元。子部分被汇总至案例边界，这些边界随后被用来描述EWGS案例的整体范围。单个案例代表一个申请人的一项赠地申请，并且单个案例中可能包含多种不同的赠地类型。

本数据集包含自EWGS启动以来获批准（且未在未支付的情况下撤回）的所有案例边界。一些案例已超出合同义务期。这些案例的状态为'已关闭'。

属性：

CaseRef = EWGS案例唯一标识符
PropName = 案例名称
FSArea = 处理该案例的林业委员会区域
CaseType = 案例类型
DateApprv = 林业委员会批准该案例的日期
CurrStat = 数据创建时案例的状态
AreaHa = 案例面积，单位为公顷
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