Woodland Management Plans (WMPs)

The SF directory of management plan templates and guidance has basically 4 options for woodland/forest plans:

• For woodlands less than 100ha where thinning will be carried out within 10 years: management plan with thinning

• For woodlands less than 100ha where no thinning will be carried out within the plan period (10 years): management plan without thinning

• For woodlands larger than 100ha or where there will be significant felling and replanting within the 10-year plan period: Long term forest plan (FGS grant is available for preparing and renewing long-term forest plans).

• For urban woodlands: WIAT plan (grant funding, under the Woodlands in and around towns options, is available for preparing an urban woodland management plan)

Community Woodland Group WMPs

Huge thanks to group member Menstrie Community Woodland, who are our first community woodland group to generously share their woodland management plan, and so establish this section. Our aim is for this part of the website to become a repository for member woodland plans to allow greater insight and sharing between community woodland groups.

If you are happy to share your Woodland Management Plan in this way, please get in touch: admin@communitywoods.org