UNITED KINGDOM · WALES · LANDSCAPE · GEOLOGY & SOILS
Agricultural Land Classification (Wales)
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What this layer shows
Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2: the modelled agricultural grade of every parcel in Wales, 1 (excellent) to 5 (very poor). Grades 1–3a are Best and Most Versatile land, which planning policy protects. Predictive, not a field survey: a site ALC survey overrides it.
Where the data comes from
WFS · datamap.gov.wales
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Facts shown for each feature
Predicted grade
In these presets
Farm & land
Land grade, soils, nitrate rules and agreement land, for England and Wales. Scotland's land capability map is open and on the list; it is not in the app yet, and Northern Ireland's land grade is not in the app yet.