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	Woodland name:	Parc yr Ynys	Plan number:	10
	Applicant:	Coetir Mynydd	Application date:
	Agent:	Evelyn Over
	Woodland Officer:	John Ferguson
A1: Initial application	A2: Agent appointed
	Applicant details:	Agent details:
	Name:	Coetir Mynydd	Name:	Evelyn Over
	Telephone	01248 602124	Company:
	Mobile:	07766 553508	Telephone	01938 850388
	Email:	WongJenny@aol.com	Mobile:
	Address:	Ynys Uchaf	Email:	evelyn@over.ndo.co.uk
	Mynydd Llandegai	Address:	Rhallt
	Bangor	Castle Caereinion
	Gwynedd	Welshpool
	Postcode:	LL57 4BZ	Powys
	Notes:	Contact: Jenny Wong (details above)	Postcode:	SY21 9AT
	 who is the Company Secretary of 
	Coetir Mynydd which is being set up 
	as a Charitable Company to own 
	and manage Parc yr Ocar / Parc yr 
	Ynys. The acquisition of the 
	woodlands for a peppercorn is 
	underway and should be completed 
	within the next two months. The 
	present owner of the wood is the 
	Penrhyn Estate.
	Notes about initial application:	Current legal owner (pending sale to Coetir Mynydd): [NB: 
	please do not contact without first informing Coetir Mynydd]
	
	Mr Iain Collinson (Agent) 
	Carter Jonas
	The Estate Office
	Port Penrhyn
	Bangor
	
	John Ferguson has asked for written confirmation that the 
	change of ownership is taking place as arranged.
A3: Outline information
	Applicant is legal owner?	No	Woodland certified?	No
	Status:	Trust	Details:	Owner is aware of 
	certification and is not 
	Property type:	Woodland holding	interested

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Description:
The wood is the one of the Penrhyn estate woods and is a predominantly broadleaved dingle woodland  along the Galedffrwd. The wood is in the process of being purcharsed by Coetir Mynydd, which is a community group in Mynydd Llandegai with 80+ paid up members. At the western end of the wood, called Parc yr Ynys there is open grassland which was grazed by hill ponies until spring 2003. The wood grades into secondary woodland - beech, oak, sycamore, birch, hazel, holly, willow and in the centre of the wood, there is mature Scots (and Corsican) pine and sweet chestnut which were planted by the Penrhyn Estate in 1902. The western end of the wood is less frequently used by the public.

The eastern section of the wood called Parc yr Ocar, runs along the northern bank of the Galedffrwd. It is dominated by sessile oak which was planted by the estate around 1850 and has plentiful oak and rowan regeneration and an understorey of bilberry. There is a small riparian woodland (oak, willow, alder) at the eastern end of the wood by the dam.

There is archaeological interest within the wood including a clawdd boudary, an old track, possible house platform to the east of the wood and 17th century ochre workings.
Context:
The wood is an important feature in the surrounding landscape especially from the opposite side of the valley from Bethesda, the surrounding villages and from the Carneddi. The wood also very visible from the eastern (Hirdir) road from Mynydd Llandegai to Coed y Parc and Bethesda.

The wood is surrounded by small, semi-improved fields which are rented by the Penrhyn Estate to smallholders. To the south west, the wood is joined by a broadleaved dingle (continuation of Parc yr Ocar).

There is a well used public footpath through the wood which is the main pedestrian thoroughfare from from the village to Bethesda.

The wood is also a popular recreational site (walks, picnics, birdwatching, bilberry picking) which is particularly enjoyed because it is peaceful and has an abundance of wildlife.
History:
The wood is in the process of being purchased by Coetir Mynydd but at present is owned by Penrhyn Estate. In the mid 19th century, the estate planted sessile oak by the Galedffrwd. In 1902, to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the estate planted Scots and Corsican pine and sweet chestnut. The wood has probably not been worked regularly since the second World War because of the difficulties of extracting timber.

There were ochre workings in the wood and a possible medieval house platform.

The woods contain a 6 m high dam constructed in 1847 to supply water to drive a slate mill in the downstream Felin Fawr. Both the dam and water wheel are listed by CADW.
Notes:
Current legal owner (pending sale to Coetir Mynydd): [NB: please do not contact without first informing 
Coetir Mynydd]

Mr Iain Collinson (Agent) 
Carter Jonas
The Estate Office
Port Penrhyn
Bangor

John Ferguson has asked for written confirmation that the change of ownership is taking place as 
arranged.

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Legal stakeholder information:
A4: Boundary polygon registered
	Boundary maps of all the pilot sites have now been received by the FC and digitised.
A5: Customer Services data
	Agents for the pilot sites have been sent the following:
	1) Printed maps (OS background) showing legal boundaries of the plan (as 
	digitised);
	2) WGS constraints check information (map and printout)
	3) Aerial photograph with their boundaries marked and the OS background 
	information overlaid.
	The archaeological trusts are currently working on desk-based assessments of known 
	archaeology and site potential; this information will have to be incorporated into the 
	plans at a later stage. 
A6: Subcompartment database
	The following data should be viewed in conjunction with a stockmap: these are currently
	 being digitised by the FC (not all have yet been received from agents)
	Compartment number:	1
	Scpt:	a	Stand type:	Single-storey	Status:	Non-woodland
	Comp	Land use	Layer	Species	Habitat	PYr	YC	%
	1	Open	Field layer	Non-woodland habitat	40
	2	Open	Understorey	Non-woodland habitat	30
	3	Open	Regeneratio	Other 	Non-woodland habitat	1990	30
	Percentage  area allocated:	100 %
	Description:	 Open grassland with scrub
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	Scpt:	b	Stand type:	Multiple-storey	Status:	Other Semi Natural Woodland
	Comp	Land use	Layer	Species	Habitat	PYr	YC	%
	1	High Forest	Regeneratio	Other 	Lowland mixed deciduous 	1980	50
	woodlands
	2	High Forest	Understorey	Woody shrubs	Lowland mixed deciduous 	10
	woodlands
	3	Open	Field layer	Lowland mixed deciduous 	40
	woodlands
	Percentage  area allocated:	100 %
	Description:	Secondary woodland - XB includes beech, oak, sycamore, birch. Woody 
	shrub includes willow, hazel, holly, dog rose
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	Scpt:	c	Stand type:	Single-storey	Status:	Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site
	Comp	Land use	Layer	Species	Habitat	PYr	YC	%
	1	High Forest	Canopy	Pine	Scots	Mixed plantation	1902	20
	2	High Forest	Canopy	Chestnut	Sweet	Mixed plantation	1902	20
	3	High Forest	Canopy	Other 	Mixed plantation	1950	50
	4	High Forest	Field layer	Mixed plantation	10
	Percentage  area allocated:	100 %
	Description:	Scots pine, Corsican pine and sweet chestnut planted in 1902 to 
	commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Secondary woodland inc. beech, oak,
	 row, wych elm
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	Scpt:	d	Stand type:	Single-storey	Status:	Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site
	Comp	Land use	Layer	Species	Habitat	PYr	YC	%
	1	High Forest	Canopy	Oak	Sessile	Upland oak wood	1850	100
	Percentage  area allocated:	100 %
	Description:	Oak planted by Penryn Estate around 1850 with an understorey of excellent 
	oak regeneration and bilberry - good rowan regeneration on plateau to north 
	of wood
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	Scpt:	e	Stand type:	Single-storey	Status:	Other Semi Natural Woodland
	Comp	Land use	Layer	Species	Habitat	PYr	YC	%
	1	High Forest	Canopy	Oak	Sessile	Wet woodlands	1850	40
	2	High Forest	Canopy	Willow	Wet woodlands	1950	30
	3	High Forest	Canopy	Other 	Wet woodlands	1950	30
	Percentage  area allocated:	100 %
	Description:	Riparian wood by the stream. Mature oak and beech and willow. MB inc. 
	beech, birch, holly, alder
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	End of data for Compartment 1 which contains 5 subcompartment(s)
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A7: Stakeholder analysis
	The stakeholder analysis has been completed using a Microsoft Word template; a 
	printout of this document will be appended to this report.

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A 8: Scoping Report summary
	Scoping categories used:
	Economic	Direct employment	Economic	Non-timber forest products
	Environment	Enhancing landscape	Environment	Management of grazing
	Environment	Protecting water supplies	Environment	Threats to habitats & species
	Environment	Wildlife habitats & species	Social	Archaeology
	Social	Damaging impacts from people	Social	Educational use of woodlands
	Social	Managing health and safety	Social	Permissive access
	Social	Public access along existing Rights 	Social	Supporting community involvement 
	of Way	in woodlands
	Scoping categories not used:
	Economic	Adding value to (felled) timber	Economic	Asset value
	Economic	Certification	Economic	Commercial recreation / tourism
	Economic	Growing high-quality timber	Economic	Protection of woodland
	Economic	Sporting	Economic	Supporting the local economy
	Economic	Timber production	Economic	Transformation to Continuous Cover 
	Forestry
	Economic	Water quality	Environment	Bracken
	Environment	Deadwood	Environment	Grey Squirrels
	Environment	Improve woodland biodiversity	Environment	Increase proportion of native tree 
	Environment	Management of invasive species	Environment	Protecting soil / water
	Environment	Rhododendron	Environment	Scope to extend habitats within 
	woodland
	Environment	Scope to extend woodland / improve 	Environment	Scope to restore Plantations on 
	linkage	Ancient Woodland Sites
	Environment	Threats to habitats and species: 	Environment	Veteran trees
	Livestock
	Environment	Wood pasture management	Social	Access
	Social	Mountain-biking
	Summary of scoping issues
	Current 	Current 	Future 	Owner 	Suggested 	Data 
	Issue	management	scope	potential	priority	priority	needed?
	Economic
	Direct employment
	No	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Non-timber forest 
	products
	No	Low	Medium	Medium	Medium	Yes
	Environment
	Threats to habitats & 
	species
	Yes	Medium	Medium	Medium	High	Yes

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	Current 	Current 	Future 	Owner 	Suggested 	Data 
	Issue	management	scope	potential	priority	priority	needed?
	Management of 
	grazing
	No	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Wildlife habitats & 
	species
	Yes	High	High	High	High	No
	Protecting water 
	supplies
	Yes	High	High	High	High	No
	Enhancing landscape
	Yes	High	High	High	High	No
	Social
	Supporting 
	community 
	involvement in 	No	High	High	High	High	No
	woodlands
	Educational use of 
	woodlands
	Yes	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Damaging impacts 
	from people
	No	Low	High	High	High	Yes
	Permissive access
	No	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Public access along 
	existing Rights of 
	Way	Yes	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Archaeology
	Yes	High	High	High	High	Yes
	Managing health and 
	safety
	Yes	Low	High	High	High	Yes

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A 8: Scoping Report details
	Category:	Economic
	Issue:	Non-timber forest products
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	Unregulated collection of bilberries
	Current 	Low	Future 	Medium
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	Medium	Suggested priority:	Medium
	Owners aspirations:
	Possible small scale income from sale of Scots pine seed
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	It is a good opportunity to sell the seed to a seed house to generate a small 
	income for the group
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Potential market needs to be investigated.
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	Category:	Economic
	Issue:	Direct employment
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	To provide opportunities for occasional professional work using local contractors
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	Qualified arboriculturist to carry tree survey along public rights of way and subsequent tree 	surgery
	Is further data needed?	No
	
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	Category:	Environment
	Issue:	Enhancing landscape
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	None - but historically very significant (Jubilee planting of Scots Pine)
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Wish to maintain the profile of woods in the landscape
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	The impact of the wood on the surrounding landscape is high priority. Consideration given to 	Scots pine planting grown from seed in the wood
	Is further data needed?	No

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	Category:	Environment
	Issue:	Protecting water supplies
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	The Galedffwrd is an important tributary of the Ogwen
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Coetir Mynydd are very aware of the importance of the water supply
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	The group understands the importance of protecting the water supply but are 
	concerned about possible upstream polluters. Environment Agency is being regularly consulted 	y Coetir Mynydd about the dam 
	Is further data needed?	No
	
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	Category:	Environment
	Issue:	Wildlife habitats & species
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	There is casual records of birds, insects etc. in  the wood
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	Coetir Mynydd is compiling a list of potential species recorders.
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Aspire to have the woods designated as a Local Nature Reserve
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	The group want to use recorders especially ones who live in or close to the 
	community to monitor species. Contact Gwynedd Council with a view to registering
	the wood as an LNR
	Is further data needed?	No
	Details of further data needed :
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	Category:	Environment
	Issue:	Management of grazing
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	There is no grazing of the open grassland to the west of the wood since the 
	cessation of grazing by hill ponies in Spring 2003
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	Potential to restore traditional boundaries (stone walls / slate fences): in some 
	cases these have been degraded by illegal stone removal.
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Coetir Mynydd is keen to carry out good management of its open habitat
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	High - the open grassland benefit from regular grazing
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Coetir Mynyddd needs to find out from the CCW woodland ecologist about the 
	best grazing regime for the open areas and find out whether a new grazier can 
	continue to graze part of the wood. Walk around the perimeter boundaries to 
	check the condition of fences & walls.
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	Category:	Environment
	Issue:	Threats to habitats & species
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	No action has been taken to control the spread of exotics in the wood; European
	 Gorse has been controlled by burning in the past.
	Current 	Medium	Future 	Medium
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	Medium	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	The group needs to discuss the control of exotics in the wood as part of its 
	consultation exercise
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	The removal of the small area of rhododendron from the wood is high priority; 
	management of the gorse to stop encroachment onto adjacent habitats is high 
	priority; management of beech regen is medium priority.
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Look at possibility of carrying out controlled burning gorse using volunteers from
	the group. Assess level of Beech regeneration and Rhododendron cover in the 
	wood.
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Managing health and safety
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	No tree surgeon has been employed in the tree safety aspect of the wood
	Current 	Low	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	To meet insurance requirements on public safety aspect of the wood
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	There are two public rights of way and a permissive access through the wood

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	Is further data needed?	Yes
	
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Archaeology
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	Dam is CADW Grade 2 listed; wood has remains of ochre workings
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Coetir Myndd are very keen to know as much as they can about the 	archaeological features in 	the wood
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	 There is a desk study being undertaken by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust for the
	 management plan. 
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Use local expertise to increase the group's knowledge about the archaeology of 
	the wood
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Public access along existing Rights of Way
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	There are public rights of way through the wood which are managed by the 
	Community Council
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	High priority to ensure the rights of way through the wood are in good condition
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	At present, the rights of way through the wood are in good condition
	
	Is further data needed?	No
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Permissive access
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	There is one permissive right of way through the wood
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	High priority to ensure the permissive access is in good condition
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	The permissive access needs to be upgraded
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Design of upgraded footpath needs to be agreed
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Damaging impacts from people
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	Unofficial routes are being opened up in the wood by walkers and mountain 
	bikers.
	Current 	Low	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Coetir Mynydd needs to decide on its policy on unofficial routes through the 
	wood in the public consultation
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	This is high priority as unofficial routes through the wood especially the oak 
	plantation are damaging the understorey.
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Find out the best way of managing access to the wood and minimising 
	detrimental impacts from walkers & moutain bikers.
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Educational use of woodlands
	Is this a feature of current management?	Yes
	Notes on current management:
	Ysgol Bodfeurig use the wood occasionally for educational visits
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Coetir Mynydd are keen for the local school to use the wood for educational 
	purposes
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	High priority - it is important for the local children to identify with the wood and 
	be able to learn about woodland habitats
	Is further data needed?	Yes
	Details of further data needed :
	Encourage Forest Education Initiative to become involved and find out whether 
	Parc yr Ynys would be suitable for a Forest School. Encourage a local Forest 
	Leader to take the schoolchildren into a wood for a Taster day.
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	Category:	Social
	Issue:	Supporting community involvement in woodlands
	Is this a feature of current management?	No
	Notes on current management:
	Woods are in the process of being acquired by the Company on behalf of the 
	village
	Current 	High	Future 	High
	Notes on future potential:
	-
	Owner 	High	Suggested priority:	High
	Owners aspirations:
	Full community involvement in the management planning
	How should the plan deal with this issue?
	High priority
	Is further data needed?	No
	Details of further data needed :
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