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Special Areas of Conservation (England)
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 "Candidate". The data does not include "proposed" Sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Su
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Evidence quality: 57.2
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) boundaries
- Coverage docs-verified
- England
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Not planned (no scheduled updates)
- Formats docs-verified
- SHP (zipped) · GPKG (zipped) · GeoJSON (zipped) · GDB (zipped) · OGC API - Features · ESRI REST · WFS · WMS · LYR
- Access docs-verified
- Free/open. Open Government Licence v3.0; no public access constraints
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Ecological designation screening for drainage or civils scheme boundaries in England · Habitats Regulations and EIA constraints mapping for development sites near SACs · GIS overlay of SAC proximity for planning constraints layers
- Audience llm-inferred
- ecologists · planners · environmental consultants · GIS analysts · civils engineers
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Candidate status: data is not the final designated SAC dataset · Proposed sites are not included · No scheduled updates
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=31a0dc95-d83d-4eff-8476-2bc5c034d246&fileName=Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Special_Areas_of_Conservation_England.url
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/a85e64d9-d0f1-4500-9080-b0e29b81fbc8/special-areas-of-conservation-england2
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