Marine Protected Areas Compensation Habitat

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Natural Resources Wales
Last updated:
24 October 2025
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Summary

This data is a map of the extent of marine areas in Welsh waters that have been identified as compensatory habitat within Welsh waters and along Welsh coastlines under Regulation 68 (Compensatory measures) of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

These areas are afforded the same protection and management requirements as the SAC Natura 2000 designated sites.

This also includes areas delivered by the National Habitat Creation Programme.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-08-07
Access contraints
Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted as it contains data exempt from general release under EIR. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. A redacted version is publicly available through DataMapWales.
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS161360
Extent
Latitude: 53.50° to °
Longitude: -5.77° to -2.61°
Spatial reference system
Dataset reference date
2025-05-20 (creation)
2025-08-06 (publication)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, distributor, originator, publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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