Identification

Title
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Abstract
<p>This spatial dataset contains the boundaries of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wales. SSSIs cover a wide range of habitats from small fens, bogs and riverside meadows to sand dunes, woodlands and vast tracks of uplands. Most are in private ownership, although some are owned and managed by local wildlife trusts, or other voluntary conservation bodies. Notification of an SSSI under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 has since been amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2001, which brought about numerous changes in the way SSSI are notified managed and protected. In order to ensure consistent, favourable long-term management of these sites, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) with landowners have prepared management plans for all SSSI in Wales. Local planning authorities are required to consult NRW before allowing any development to proceed that may affect an SSSI. Water, gas and electricity companies must also do the same. SSSIs have been designated over a number of years, from 1949 to the present day, and are on-going.</p> <p><strong>Attribution statement </strong></p> <p>Contains Natural Resources Wales information &copy; Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.</p>
Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication Date
Type
Spatial data
Keywords
features, NRW_SSSI
Category:
Environment

Environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Natural Resources Wales

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
146598.56
Extension x1
355308.9
Extension y0
164494.23
Extension y1
395333.699999999

Features

Contact

Email
opendata@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Organisation
Natural Resources Wales

References

Link online
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_SSSI
Metadata page
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_SSSI/metadata_detail

DXF
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).dxf
GeoJSON
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).json
Zipped Shapefile
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).zip
GML 2.0
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).gml
GML 3.1.1
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).gml
CSV
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).csv
Excel
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).excel
OGC Geopackage
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).gpkg

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS