Publication - Consultation paper
Forestry and Land Scotland - draft corporate strategic plan 2026-2030: consultation
This is the draft Corporate Strategic Plan for Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) which sets out our proposed direction of travel and priorities for the next five years.
Closed
This consultation closed 21 November 2025.
View this consultation on consult.gov.scot, including responses once published.
6. Measuring success
We will monitor the following measures, setting and tracking numerical targets for each financial year in our Corporate Business Plan:
- We are for People - Visitor site rating in Google; Number of community projects on the national forests and land; and Number of community asset transfers.
- We are for Nature - Number of deer culled; Status of designated sites; and Area of rainforest restored.
- We are for the Climate - New wind energy option agreements; Area of woodland created; Vehicle utilisation; and Area of peatland re-wetted.
- We are for the Economy - Volume of timber harvested; Outstanding re-establishment backlog; Area of land restocked; and New estates agreements.
Across all these measures we have a cross-cutting requirement relating to the UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS).
In addition, we have measures of us as a high performing organisation as follows:
- Staff survey rating
- Staff gender balance
- Mandatory training complete
- Headcount
- Operating surplus/deficit
- Approved investment pipeline
- Percentage of high/medium internal audit actions closed