Marine Licensing: Band 1 Sensitive Areas

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Natural Resources Wales
Last updated:
14 October 2025
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Summary

NRW agreed, identified and documented which habitats and SAC features are sensitive to a range of Marine Licencing Band 1 activities. The dataset consists of 2 layers detailing information about sensitive habitats. These datasets constitute polygons derived from NRW held BAP (Section 7) / OSPAR layers, Regulation 35 SAC habitat layers and Phase 1 intertidal survey. All the habitats included in these layers were deemed to be sensitive to Marine Licencing Band 1 activities. The data includes records of protected or sensitive habitats, collected as part of baseline survey, monitoring programmes and ad-hoc records. A third layer is derived from the Special Protection Area (SPA) designated sites dataset and identifies SPA sensitive to Marine Licencing Band 1 Activities The publically available dataset has some environmentally sensitive information redacted. An un-redacted version can be requested and may be provided under a NRW licence.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-01-31
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. Access may be granted where sensitive information is removed or shown only at a coarser scale
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS119005
Extent
Latitude: 53.513067° to °
Longitude: -5.777741° to -2.608865°
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Dataset reference date
2018-01-03 (publication)
Frequency of update
biannually
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, originator, distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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