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GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Leicestershire, Rutland, Rushcliffe and South Kesteven)

Summary

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features: grassland density 25 - 75% distrance from woodland < 100m woodland density 15 – 75% arable density 0 – 25% Distance from rivers <1500m pH 6.75 – 7.25 These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

Use limitation statement

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Attribution statement

© Natural England, 2020 Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572. Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England. Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019. © Freshwater Habitats Trust, PondNet monitoring scheme 2018 © Leicester City Council, 2020; © Blaby District Council, 2020; © Charnwood Borough Council, 2020; © Harborough District Council, 2020; © Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council, 2020; © Melton Borough Council, 2020; © North West Leicestershire, 2020; © Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, 2020; © Leicestershire County Council, 2020; © South Kesteven District Council, 2020; © Lincolnshire County Council, 2020; © Rushcliffe Borough Council, 2020; © Rutland County Council, 2020 © HS2 Limited, 2020 © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020

Technical information

Update frequency

unknown

Lineage

Data used to generate this derived data set includes the 2015 CEH Land Cover map (woodland, grassland, arable and urban land classifications), OS MasterMap (pond locations that have been converted by NE into pond densities), CEH / NE Natural Captial Soil pH, Natural Engalnd GCN Class License Survey Returns England, Natural England GCN Pond Surveys DLL 17 18 19, OS Open Rivers, OS Open Roads, Environment Agency Flood Map - Flood Zone 2, OS Boundary Line District Boundaries, Freshwater Habitats Trust PondNet GCN data and Allocations data from Leicester City Council, Blaby District Council, Charnwood Borough Council, Harborough District Council, Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council, Melton Borough Council, North West Leicestershire Council, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, Leicestershire County Council, South Kesteven District Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Rushcliffe Borough Council, Rutland County Council and HS2 Limited. Soil pH: Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre DOI for LCM2015 25m raster data for Great Britain: Rowland, C.S.; Morton, R.D.; Carrasco, L.; McShane, G.; O’Neil, A.W.; Wood, C.M. (2017) Land Cover Map 2015 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/bb15e200-9349-403c-bda9-b430093807c7 DOI for LCM2015 Vector data for Great Britain: Rowland, C.S.; Morton, R.D.; Carrasco, L.; McShane, G.; O’Neil, A.W.; Wood, C.M. (2017) Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6c6c9203-7333-4d96-88ab-78925e7a4e73

Spatial information

Geographic extent

  • Latitude from: 52.38 to 53.07
  • Longitude from: -1.6 to -0.19
Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

bd3d51e4-34e6-4450-8be2-3c0a300445e0


Published by

Natural England


Dataset reference dates

Creation date

25 August 2020

Revision date

N/A

Publication date

15 January 2021

Period

  • From: 25 August 2020
  • To: 31 December 2099

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