Designated sites in Wales include, but is not limited to, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Ramsar sites. These sites have been divided into management units. This dataset contains the boundaries of these units and includes information such as designation type, unit name, unit area, national grid reference and former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) regions. Digitising began in 2007 and is ongoing as and when new sites are created or existing sites are altered. The purpose of these management units is to have a coherent plan in order to manage sites in a practical manner to ensure that work is done to get sites and their corresponding features into a favourable condition, as per the requirements of the protected sites.

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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.

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Attributes (25)

Attribute name Label Description
objectid
mi_prinx
principal_
designatio
ref0
unique_uni
unit_name
unit_area_
centre_x
centre_y
ngr
sac_uk_cod
spa_uk_cod
ramsar_uk_
sssi_isis_
ccw_region
edit_date
version_nu
osmm_date
change_req
change_r00
ref_ch
zoom_width
globalid
geom

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Boundaries

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