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WOM21 Deep Peat and Modified Deep Peat
Welsh Government
Deep peat is defined in the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) as soil having a predominantly organic (peat) layer, of depth greater than 50 cm. Deep peat is especially important as a resource in Wales, as a carbon store, as well as an important substrate to support specialist habitats. Peat is also under threat from climate change, and land management techniques including cutting and draining. The remaining deep peat and modified deep peat should therefore remain protected from development, and this includes woodland creation, which may dry out existing deep peat. Areas of deep peat must be removed from woodland creation proposals. Forest Research (2012) completed a report which attempted to identify all areas of peatland across Wales. Spatial datasets of soils, geology and vegetation were assessed and combined to produce a map of peat resource. The deep peat, and modified deep peat layers developed within this project were used to represent a peatland sensitivity layer within the opportunity map. For more information, see GN002, including the appeals process should you have reason to believe deep peat is not present on your site of interest, but is according to this data layer.
Use of the WOM21 Deep Peat and Modified Deep Peat spatial dataset is subject to the Non-Commercial Government Licence for Public Sector information. This dataset has been made available to download for non-commercial use only. The licensing conditions can be found here.
When using these data, the following attribution statement is to be included: “This dataset is derived in part from the National Soil Map @ 1:250,000 scale, © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2022."
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- Type:
- Spatial data
- Creation date:
- 03 August 2021
- Licence:
- Non-Commercial Government Licence for public sector information
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Copyright:
- Keywords:
- features, GWC21_Deep_Peat_and_Modified_Deep_Peat
- Point of contact:
- data@gov.wales
- Restrictions
- <p>Use of the WOM21 Deep Peat and Modified Deep Peat spatial dataset is subject to the <strong>Non-Commercial Government Licence for Public Sector information</strong>. This dataset has been made available to download for <strong>non-commercial use only.</strong> The licensing conditions can be found <strong><a title="Licence" href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p> <p>When using these data, the following attribution statement is to be included: “<em>This dataset is derived in part from the National Soil Map @ 1:250,000 scale, © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2022</em>."</p>
- Language
- English
- Spatial Representation Type
- Vector data is used to represent geographic data