Special areas of conservation

Screen

Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Special areas of conservation consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• What is the 'Special areas of conservation' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Special areas of conservation'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Special areas of conservation'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Special areas of conservation a trigger?

• Is the Special areas of conservation something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Special areas of conservation data already available?

  Yes

  • What Special areas of conservation data is currently available?

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      • url: https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Defra::special-areas-of-conservation-england/about
      • name: Special Areas of Conservation (England)
      • fields: SAC_NAME;SAC_CODE;SAC_AREA;GRID_REF;EASTING;NORTHING;LATITUDE;LONGITUDE;STATUS;ID;AREA;EASTING0;NORTHING0;GIS_DATE;VERSION;Shape_Area;Shape_Length
      • licence: Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Natural England
      • attribution: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
      • metadata_url: https://ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk/harvest/object/5be1e24b-7b43-4df9-a518-3d307be62c90/html

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, this data is available nationally via a single endpoint provided by Natural England.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No