GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (England)

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations defined as strategic opportunity areas (SOAs). These England-wide dataset incorporates the SOAs for all regional areas. The attribute “Strategy_Area_Name” defines these areas..The details below describe how the SOAs are scored for each region The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Typically urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), and rivers (+7.5m) have been excluded unless otherwise stated.. All scores are summed, scores ≤ 0 are not displayed. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features (density refers to the coverage of a habitat type with 250m of any 25m grid square): Cambridgeshire (Urban buffer reduced to 250m) Density of arable land 0-50% +1 Density of coniferous woodland 10-25% +1 Density of deciduous woodland 10-100% +1 Distance from deciduous woodland 0-100m +1 Density of grassland 25-75% +1 Nearest pond 0-125m +1 pH 6.5-7.5 +1 Distance from rivers 150-1000m +1 Cheshire Soil pH 6.5 – 7.25 +1 Nearest Pond <100m +1 River distance 100 – 1000m +1 Density of grassland 10 – 70% +1 Distance to deciduous woodland <100m +1 Density of deciduous woodland 10 - 70% +1 Soil Phosphorus 35 – 45 +1 Drainage Clay/Loamy +1 Arable density 50 – 100% -1 Cumbria grassland density 10 - 66% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 Elevation 50 - 300m +1 Nearest pond < 100m +1 pH 6 – 7 +1 distance from arable >125m +1 urban density 50 - 100% -1 Derbyshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1 Elevation < 200m +1 Grassland density 25 – 75% +1 Distance to woodland < 100m +1 Woodland density 10 -50% +1 Distance to nearest pond < 100m +1 Drainage classed as ‘Impeded’ or ‘Naturally Wet’ +1 Arable density 50 - 100% -1 Dorset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) pH 6-7 +1 Distance from grassland <100m +1 Density of grassland 5-67% +1 Distance from woodland <100m +1 Density of woodland 5-67% +1 Shannon-Weaver diversity -2 to -0.8 +1 Distance from arable land <250m +1 Greater Manchester (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded; NO urban buffer) grassland density 25 - 75% +1 woodland density 5 - 75% +1 Distance from rivers >1000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 to 7.5 Phosphorus 30 to 40 +1 Arable land (density 50 - 100%) -1 Heather (density 33.33 - 100%). -1 Hertfordshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 5 - 50% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m +1 distance from rivers 50 - 1500m +1 pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1 arable density 50-100% -1 urban density 40-100% -1 Kent Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 - 7.5 +1 Soil phosphorus <40 g kg-1 +1 Density of arable land 0-33.3% +1 Density of grassland 20-66.6% +1 Distance to trees 0-100m +1 Soil Drainage (Free draining/slightly impeded) -1 Density of urban s 33.3-100% -2 Lancashire Arable density 0 - 33% +1 Grassland density (including fen) 10-75% +1 Distance from grassland (including fen) 0-100m +1 Woodland density 10-33% +1 Distance from woodland 0-100m +1 Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1 Elevation 0-150m +1 pH 6.75-7.5 +1 Leicestershire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 25 - 75% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 woodland density 15 – 75% +1 arable density 0 – 25% +1 Distance from rivers <1500m +1 pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1 Norfolk and Suffolk (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) Distance from a River 200 -2000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1 Soil Phosphorus 35 -45 mg kg-1 +1 Arable Density < 33% +1 Distance from Grassland <100m +1 Grassland Density 10 -40% +1 Distance from Woodland < 100m +1 North East Yorkshire Soil pH 6.75-7.25 +1 Density of grassland 10-80% +1 Density of woodland 10-50% +1 Nearest pond <125m +1 Soil drainage is 'Impeded' +1 Distance from rivers <100m +1 Density of arable land 50 - 100% +1 North West Yorkshire Elevation 0 - 400m +1 Density of woodland 10 - 60% +1 Density of grassland 10 - 60% +1 Soil pH 6.25 - 7.5 +1 Soil drainage 'Naturally wet' or ‘Impeded' +1 Density of arable land 33 - 100% -1 Presence of heather -2 Northumberland Distance from rivers 100 - 1250m +1 Elevation 0 - 200m +1 Distance from deciduous woodland 0 - 100m +1 Density of arable 0 - 33% +1 Distance from urban > 350m +1 Density of grassland 10 - 60% +1 Nearest pond 0 - 500m +1 Presence of coniferous woodland -2 Presence of heather -2 Presence of acid grassland -2 South and East Yorkshire pH 6.75-7.5 +1 Density of grassland 10-66% +1 Distance from woodland <100m +1 Shannon-Weaver diversity -1.5 to -0.6 +1 Soil drainage Impeded, Naturally Wet or Water +1 Density of arable 50-100% -1 Land classification is Acid Grassland or Bog -2 Shropshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 10% - 50% +1 distance to deciduous woodland 0 - 200m +1 coniferous woodland density 0% - 25% +1 Within 500m - 2000m of a river +1 arable density 33.33% - 100% -1 heather density 33.33% - 100% -1 distance to nearest pond > 750m -1 Somerset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 10 - 60% +1 woodland density 5 - 60% +1 arable density 0 - 50% +1 Soil Type – Sand -1 Swindon & Wiltshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 25% - 75% +1 distance to woodland 0 - 100m +1 arable density 0 - 50% +1 within 100m - 1500m of a river +1 soil pH 6.5 – 8 +1 West of England (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 10 - 60% +1 woodland density 5 - 60% +1 arable density 0 - 50% +1 Soil Type – Sand -1 © Natural England, 2019 © Natural England, 2020 © Natural England, 2021 © Natural England, 2022 © Basildon Borough Council 2019 Ordnance Survey 100018871 © Bath & North East Somerset Council 2019 © Blaby District Council, 2020 © Blackburn Council & Darwen Unitary Authority, 2020 © Bolton Council 2019 Ordnance Survey Licence Number LA100019389 © Bournemouth Borough Council 2019 Ordnance Survey 100019829 © Braintree District Council 2019, Ordnance Survey 100018490 © Braintree District Council 2021, Ordnance Survey 100018490 © Brentwood Borough council 2019 © Brentwood Borough Council 2021, Ordnance Survey 100018309 © Bristol City Council 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023406 © Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, 2019 © Bury council 2019 Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023063 © Castle Point Borough Council 2019 © Charnwood Borough Council, 2020 © Chelmsford City Council 2019, Ordnance Survey 100023562 © Chelmsford City Council 2021, Ordnance Survey 100023562 © Christchurch and East Dorset 2019 Ordnance Survey 100024319 © Colchester Borough Council 2019, Ordnance Survey 100023706 © Crown copyright and database rights 2022 OS 100023397, you are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form © Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group, 2021 © Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, 2020 © Dorset Environmental Records Centre. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. 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