- Update frequency
notPlanned
- Lineage
- All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid using the OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. Other sources may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates.
Possible Special Areas of Conservation (England)
Summary
As of September 2025: This data product does not currently contain any geometry features, so the hosted data has been unshared from ArcGIS Online / Natural England Open Data Geoportal and the Defra Data Services Platform hosting platform environment.data.gov.uk. The environment.data.gov.uk "Download data by Area of Interest" and WMS, WFS and OGC Feature Service API resource links in this metadata record will not function or display any data until site geometry features are mapped into the dataset. Natural England have made the decision to leave this metadata record published until future Possible Special Areas of Conservation sites are confirmed.
These are possible SAC site boundaries. Please note that as a result of the consultation there may be minor changes to the final boundary of the site once designated. A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is the land designated under Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. Data supplied has the status of "Possible". Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap.
Categories
Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.8402 to 55.8891
- Longitude from: -6.46749 to 2.05854
Language
English
Metadata identifier
2782e238-50fa-4938-9ccf-a32268315e29
Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest and format | N/A | Open link |
| Natural England Open Data Geoportal page | Open link | |
| Possible Special Areas of Conservation (England) - ESRI REST Feature Service Endpoint | Open link | |
| Possible Special Areas of Conservation (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
| Possible Special Areas of Conservation (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
| OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.url | URL | Download |
| Open_Government_Licence.url | URL | Download |
| Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.gdb.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.geojson.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.gpkg.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.lyr | LYR | Download |
| Possible_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.shp.zip | ZIP | Download |