Felling Licence Applications 1998-2011

This dataset applies to Felling Licence Applications received by Forestry Commission Scotland between 1998 and 2011. Anyone wishing to fell trees had to ensure that a licence or permission under a grant scheme had been issued by the Forestry Commission before any felling was carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. You normally needed to get permission from the Forestry Commission to fell growing trees. This was usually given in a Felling Licence or an approval under a grant scheme. In certain circumstances you may also have needed special permission from another organisation for any proposed felling. This sometimes applied even if you did not need a Felling Licence. Everyone involved in the felling of trees, whether doing the work or by engaging others, eg. the owner, agent, timber merchant or contractor, must have ensured that a licence or approval under a grant scheme had been issued before any felling was carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. They must also have ensured that the work was carried out in accordance with the terms of a Forestry Commission permission. If there was no licence or other valid permission, or if the wrong trees were felled, anyone involved can be prosecuted. For more detailed information please see the metadata record on Scotland's SpatialData.gov.scot Metadata Portal.本数据集适用于1998年至2011年间苏格兰林业委员会（Forestry Commission Scotland）受理的采伐许可证（Felling Licence）申请。任何希望采伐树木的主体，均需确保在开展采伐作业前，已取得苏格兰林业委员会核发的采伐许可证或资助计划下的许可，或符合某项豁免情形。通常情况下，采伐成活林木需取得苏格兰林业委员会的许可，该许可一般以采伐许可证或资助计划审批的形式出具。在特定情形下，拟开展采伐作业的主体还需取得其他机构的专项许可；即便无需申领采伐许可证，该要求有时仍适用。所有参与林木采伐的主体（包括自行开展作业或雇佣他人作业的主体，例如林木所有者、代理人、木材商或承包商），均需确保在开展采伐作业前，已取得采伐许可证或资助计划下的审批，或符合某项豁免情形。同时，还需确保采伐作业严格按照苏格兰林业委员会许可的条款开展。若未取得许可证或其他有效许可，或错伐林木，所有参与主体均可能被追究法律责任。如需获取更详细的信息，请参阅苏格兰空间数据元数据门户网站（Scotland's SpatialData.gov.scot Metadata Portal）上的元数据记录。