Identification

Title
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special…
Abstract

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area selected on scientific criteria and protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 because it contains wildlife or geological features of national importance for nature conservation. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) were designated under the EC Habitats and Species Directive which came into force in 1992. All SACs, together with Special Protection Areas (SPAs) designated under the EC Wild Birds Directive to protect rare and migratory species of birds, comprise a network of sites known as the National Sites Network and represent the very best of Wales’ nature. Terrestrial SACs sites in Wales are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest. A 300m buffer was added along non-riverine biological SSSIs, and 100m along riverine biological SSSIs by NRW who must consider any impact on the SSSI from proposals on adjacent land. Geological SSSIs have no additional buffer. While consultation is necessary for both SSSIs and their buffers, there are instances where appropriate planting would be beneficial or have minimal impact. Consultation is not necessary within the 100m riparian buffers provided that the mandatory guidance detailed in GN002 is followed. Please see GN002 for further information and contact details.

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Land Nature Food

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
146298.546875
Extension x1
355608.90625
Extension y0
164194.234375
Extension y1
395518.90625

Features

Purpose

<p>This dataset has been created for the Woodland Opportunity Map (WOM) only, and may not reflect the most current dataset.</p>

Spatial Representation Type
Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
land nature food

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:wom_site_of_special_scientific_interest_buffer_100m_300m
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:wom_site_of_special_scientific_interest_buffer_100m_300m/metadata_detail

Zipped Shapefile
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.zip
GeoJSON
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.json
Excel
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.excel
CSV
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.csv
GML 3.1.1
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.gml
GML 2.0
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.gml
DXF
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.dxf
OGC Geopackage
Woodland Opportunity Map - Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) / Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 100/300m Buffer.gpkg

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS