Identification

Title

GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Cheshire)

Alternative title(s)

Great Crested Newt - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Cheshire)

Abstract

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 (+250m buffer), woodland (+250m buffer), within 100m-2500m range of a river, with a pH >6.5 and Phospherous >40. These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’. Arable land and Suburban areas have been given a score of ‘-1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), rivers (+7.5m), Special Protection Areas (+500m), Special Areas of Conservation (+100m) and Ramsars (+100m) have been excluded. © Natural England [year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/. © Crown Copyright and database rights 2018. 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). Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100022021.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/gcn-strategic-opportunity-areas-cheshire

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-crested-newts-district-level-licensing-schemes

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Online guidance

description: Online guidance

Unique resource identifier

code

f7932e02-0396-41dc-8106-f7dcd5e539d3

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

Species distribution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.25195313

East bounding longitude

-1.99951172

North bounding latitude

53.39643213

South bounding latitude

52.76289174

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-11-06

End position

2018-11-06

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2018-11-06

date type

publication

effective date

2018-11-15

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-15

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data used to generate this derived data set includes the 2015 CEH Land Cover map (woodland, grassland, arable and urban land classifications), CEH Natural Capital (Soil pH and Soil Phosphorous), OS MasterMap (pond locations that have been converted by NE into pond densities), Natural England GCN Class Licence Survey Returns, Cheshire East District Council Allocations Data and Cheshire West and Chester Council Allocations data, HS2 route, OS Open Roads and OS Open Rivers, OS Boundary Line District Boundaries, NE Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation and Ramsar Sites. Great Crested Newt data was provided by the Cheshire and Wirral Amphibian and Reptile Group and Cheshire West and Chester Council. Great crested newt data, which is derived from Local Wildlife Sites, was also provided by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. 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 Soil Phosphorous: Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil nutrients [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

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

10.2.2

Constraints related to access and use

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-06-08

Metadata language