Identification

Title

Boundaries of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) of Great Britain (including offshore areas)

Abstract

This resource contains the spatial dataset of Special Protection Areas in Great Britain (including offshore areas), last updated in February 2021. The date of the latest update to the data is provided in the file name. Prior to the UK’s exit from the European Union, copies of the UK’s spatial datasets for SPAs and SACs were submitted to the EU, and historically the dataset provided here was a copy of that dataset. Updated versions of the dataset were submitted to the EU in batches called tranches, following changes and updates to the site networks (e.g. designation of new sites or amendments to site boundaries); as well as in response to corrections to the datasets or amendments due to updates to the underlying base maps. The final tranche submission (tranche 60) to the EU was in December 2020. However, a dataset may have a date that doesn’t correspond to the most recent tranche update if the data have not changed since a previous tranche update, or if there have been dynamic changes, such as boundary amendments in response to changes to the base maps, which have happened subsequent to a tranche update. This dataset was last updated in February 2021, following the tranche 60 submission. The spatial dataset for Northern Ireland is available as a separate [resource](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/8b81cb32-c654-4cf0-b334-571bf523bbe3). More information on SPAs can be found on the [SPAs webpage](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/special-protection-areas-overview/).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/20dbc9b4-ceac-4bf2-8763-4ae387fa88c4

name: JNCC ResourceHub Page

Unique resource identifier

code

20dbc9b4-ceac-4bf2-8763-4ae387fa88c4

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Freshwater

Marine

Terrestrial

Protected Areas

Natura 2000

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.320717

East bounding longitude

3.352676

North bounding latitude

60.884612

South bounding latitude

49.813089

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1995-06-01

End position

2021-02-19

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-02-19

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The GIS boundary data have been collated at JNCC from data supplied by the following organisations: Natural England, NRW, NatureScot. The CNCBs may periodically update SAC boundaries in advance of JNCC’s updates, and these changes may therefore not be captured in the dataset. For the latest SAC boundary data, please visit the relevant CNCB website (https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-protected-area-datasets-for-download/#further-information-on-national-designations)

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Geospatial (vector polygon)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: “Contains public sector data from © JNCC/NE/NRW/NatureScot 2021. Contains OS data © Crown Copyright and database right 2016.” This dataset is registered with OS under the presumption to publish notification arrangement to enable free onward use under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-03-17

Metadata language