English Woodland Grant Scheme work areas

EWGS offers 6 grants for the creation and stewardship of woodlands and is operated by the Forestry Commission. If you enter into an EWGS agreement you must comply with forestry regulations, the UK Forestry Standard and associated FC Guidance. The component grant types of EWGS have their own objectives. Some grants are focused regionally to meet the priorities of Regional Forestry Framework action plans, and the objectives are specified more closely to suit. Key targets: Applications for grants under EWGS will be considered if they deliver key targets in the areas of: *area of woodland under certified sustainable forest management and approved management schemes *expanding the area of woodland with public access *bringing woodland SSSIs into favourable condition *assisting delivery of Priority Habitat and Species Action Plans for woodlands *improving the environment of disadvantaged urban communities *woodland creation. Grant types available 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: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/ Felling Licence Application (FLA) A licence to fell growing trees may be issued as part of the EWGS contract to allow the necessary works to be carried out, typically under WMG, WIG or WRG. Presence or absence of a FLA is also noted in this dataset. There are two spatial datasets associated with the EWGS. These represent the Case Boundary and the Work Areas that are encapsulated by a case boundary. The spatial datasets are related within the EWGS database on a 'one to many' basis. This reflects the fact that a single EWGS case may have many Work Areas. Likewise, a single EWGS Work Area may have several grant types applied to it. EWGS Work Areas Work areas are the smallest mapped unit of grant aided area under the EWGS. Work Areas 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 Work Areas for cases that have been approved by the relevant Regional Office since 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: WorkAreaID = EWGS Work Area unique identifier CaseRef = EWGS Case unique identifier AreaHa = Area in hectares of Work Area CaseStatus = The status of the EWGS case StatusDate = The date the case status was applied to the case WCG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Creation Grant (Y/N) WRG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Regeneration Grant (Y/N) WMG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Management Grant (Y/N) WIG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Improvement Grant (Y/N) WPG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Planning Grant (Y/N) WAG = Presence or absence of the EWGS grant type Woodland Assessment Grant (Y/N) FLA = Presence or absence of a Felling Licence Application (Y/N) Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: © Crown copyright and database right 'year'. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100021242. This data is available to download from the Forestry Commission web site at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/datadownload



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