GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (North Somerset and South Gloucestershire)

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 density 10 - 60% woodland density 5 - 60% arable density 0 - 50% These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’. Soil Type - Sand has been given a score of ‘-1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2022 Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572. Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2018 Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019. Contains data supplied by © Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, 2019 © Somerset County Council Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey licence number 100038382 © North Somerset Council 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023397 © South Gloucestershire Council, 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023410 © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198 Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020