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Priority Habitats (all)
What this layer shows
The full Priority Habitat Inventory: every mapped habitat of principal importance in England.
Publisher and licence
Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; © Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre on behalf of Cumbria Wildlife Trust ( ). Open Government Licence v3.0 · CC-BY 4.0
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; © Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre on behalf of Cumbria Wildlife Trust (CC-BY 4.0). Open Government Licence v3.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Main habitat · Additional habitats · Feature description · Area (ha) · Data source · Inventory version
In these presets
Desk study
The statutory designations an ecologist checks first: SSSI, SAC, SPA, Ramsar, National and Local Nature Reserves across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus ancient woodland and priority habitat. This is the opening move of a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, what is protected on or near the site. Statutory sites are commonly scoped to 10 km and habitat inventories to 2 km, guidance sets no fixed distances, so set the radius to suit the project.
Net gain
Habitat and connectivity for biodiversity net gain and offsetting work: the National Habitat Network, the full Priority Habitat Inventory, Local Nature Recovery Strategy areas, registered gain sites, ancient woodland, open mosaic habitat on previously developed land, agricultural land classification and live Environmental Stewardship agreements. The question this set answers is where a gain would actually connect to something.