Sites of Biological Importance (SBI / LWS) in Greater Manchester

• Published by: Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
• Last updated: 10 November 2020
• Topic: Towns and cities
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

Greater Manchester Ecology Unit (GMEU) operates the SBI register for, and on behalf of, the ten Local Authorities that comprise Greater Manchester. This dataset contains all current SBI boundaries (based upon the 2018 review), including the name of each site and its defining features. SBIs are Greater Manchester's equivalent to Local Wildlife Sites (LWS).

SBIs are non-statutory areas of substantive nature conservation importance within the county of Greater Manchester. The SBI system is designed to establish and highlight to planners, landowners and site managers where areas of high biodiversity interest occur so that appropriate decisions on planning applications, land use and land management can be made.

Full SBI citations including site descriptions, statistics and grading information can be obtained from GMEU if required.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
GIS and CSV data	ZIP	10 November 2020	Not available

Supporting documents

Link to the document	Format	Date added
SBI selection criteria	Website	02 November 2017

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