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The Crown Estate Key Resource Area (KRA) 2014 as extended by Bide et al. 2013 - See RA derivation text (link below) for full methodology.

Areas known to contain important sand and gravel resources. Published as part of the research project Mineral Resource Assessment of the UK Continental Shelf commissioned by The Crown Estate and as modified by them.

This dataset also includes prospective coarse

The Aquaculture RA was derived predominantly from a study by ABPmer (2015), ‘A Spatial Assessment of the Potential for Aquaculture in Welsh Waters’ commissioned by the Welsh Government. The project required the development of spatial data layers to highlight potential aquaculture areas based on suitable natural resources, other marine uses, and proximity to essential infrastructure.

Latest Built Up Area Sub Division Populations (2015 as at May 2017)

Boundaries of Conservation Areas in Wales, to conform with s.70(5) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.  This dataset provides information on the map boundaries only. For the full information, including information on designations, individuals should contact the appropriate Local Authority.

The Development Advice Map (DAM) shows areas at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea for the purposes of land-use planning. The DAM supports Planning Policy Wales and Technical Advice Note (TAN) 15 to guide new development away from areas at risk of flooding wherever possible. Together, they form a precautionary framework to guide planning decisions. The DAM should be considered as a trigger

This data layer was compiled by the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) and uses 1km grid squares of point source data, as well as road transport data. These inputs are compiled, averaged, and mapped across the UK, and are then split by source category and further split by pollutant. The specific layer used in this project is ‘Total emissions <PM10’, which contains

Communities First is Welsh Government’s community focussed tackling poverty programme. The programme provides funding for Lead Delivery Bodies within local authority areas known as Communities First Clusters to narrow the economic, education/skills and health gaps between our most deprived and more affluent areas. It has three strategic objectives helping to achieve these outcomes:

A list of Hospitals, GP Surgeries, Dental Practices, Opticians and Pharmacies

Now superseded by Landmap Cultural Landscape Services (http://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/LandmapCulturalLandscapeServices)

LandMap is a unique national information system, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The Landmap database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable

LandMap is a unique national information system, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LandMap data includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making. This is a geographic dataset showing geological landscape

LandMap is a unique national information system, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LANDMAP database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making. Geographic dataset showing historical landscape classification for Wales in

LandMap is a unique national information system, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LandMap data includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making. Geographic dataset showing habitat landscape classification for Wales in the

LandMap is a unique national information system, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LandMap database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making. Geographic dataset showing visual and sensory landscape classification

All survey work was completed by ABPmer on behalf of Welsh Government. Two areas were chosen for the survey work off covering two broad geographical areas, St David’s Head, Pembrokeshire; and an area to the west of Anglesey. Surveys were conducted during July and August 2019. When collecting multibeam data, an appropriate overlap was maintained to ensure that 100% coverage is achieved

myForest is a free service for woodland owners, forestry businesses and wood users. Use online tools for sustainable woodland management planning and the marketing of home-grown forest products.

Responsibilities for energy licensing, consenting and permitting in the Plan area is divided between the UK and Welsh Governments and the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

The Wales Act 2017 devolves oil and gas licensing to the Welsh Government for onshore areas and internal waters (intertidal areas, estuaries and coastal inlet areas which fall within the Welsh onshore licence area as defined by ...More

The Pre-Assessed Areas for Wind Energy are designated by Future Wales (the National Development Framework) as areas where there is a presumption in favour of large-scale wind energy development, subject to detailed policy assessments contained within the document. Any scheme would need to be assessed through the statutory planning application processes.

Future Wales is currently being

Agricultural Land Classification Surveys:

Surveys include those completed by the Welsh Government, the Welsh Office Agricultural Department, ADAS Statutory and commercial organisations. Commercial surveys have only been included when validated by the Welsh Government.

All surveys have been completed in accordance with the Revised Guidelines & Criteria for Grading the Quality of Agricultural

Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (Wales) Surveys - Boundary

The Welsh Government commisioned a study by ABPmer, to assess the potential for aquaculture within the Welsh Marine Plan Area through development of a spatial model. These data layers represent areas which were identified as potentially suitable for the cultivation of certain species, based solely on their ecological requirements and the natural resource requirements of the cultivation method,

The Predictive ALC map for Wales is based on the principles of the Agricultural Land Classification System of England & Wales, the Revised Guidelines & Criteria for Grading the Quality of Agricultural Land (MAFF 1988).

Further information on Agricultural Land Classification can be found here.

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Version 2 of the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) Map

The Predictive ALC map for Wales is based on the principles of the Agricultural Land Classification System of England & Wales, the Revised Guidelines & Criteria for Grading the Quality of Agricultural Land (MAFF 1988).

Version 2 of the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) Map represents the first significant update since its launch in 2017. The developments are focused

The Location of all Primary, Middle, Secondary and Special Schools in Wales

Regulating and Several Orders are granted by the Welsh Ministers under the terms of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, as amended. They are made for the establishment or improvement and for the maintenance and regulation of a shellfish fishery.
A Regulating Order enables the grantee to regulate a natural fishery by issuing restricted permits which allows permit holders to fish for shellfish

Key ecological constraints relevant to the development of aquaculture, tidal stream energy, and wave energy were mapped as part of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund funded Sustainable Management of Marine Natural Resources (SMMNR) project. These data layers represent high-level relative constraints in relation to seabirds, fish, marine mammals and marine habitats, for different technology

Videos and still images collected as part of the Sustainable Management of Marine Natural Resources (SMMNR) project.

This is a dataset of the Strategic Search Areas (SSAs) identified in Technical Advice Note (TAN) 8: Planning for Renewable Energy.

The SSAs are areas in Wales identified in TAN 8 as being the most appropriate locations for large scale wind farm development. The detailed characteristics of the SSAs and the methodology used to define them are outlined in TAN8 and its Annexes. For further

Resource Areas (RAs) are broad areas that describe, for some sectors, the distribution of a particular resource that has the potential to be used or is used. The Tidal Range Resource Areas are based on a maximum depth of 25 m and a mean spring tidal range of greater than 5 m. These are the criteria used in the OESEA3 (DECC, 2016). The tidal range resource areas were defined using data from the

Resource Areas (RAs) are broad areas that describe, for some sectors, the distribution of a particular resource that has the potential to be used or is used. The Tidal Stream Energy RAs were derived from The Crown Estate’s (TCE’s) Key Resource Areas (KRAs) (The Crown Estate, 2013) and areas defined in the Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework (RPS, 2011). TCE areas were based on

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales.

Resource Areas (RAs) are broad areas that describe, for some sectors, the distribution of a particular resource that has the potential to be used or is used. The wave energy RAs were derived from the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources (ABPmer, 2008) and from areas defined in the Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework (MRESF) (RPS, 2011). The MRESF dataset represents the areas with

The Welsh National Marine Plan Area comprises the inshore and offshore marine planning regions. The inshore region runs from the mean high water spring tides to 12 nautical miles (12 nm) UK limit of territorial sea, and the offshore region from 12nm UK limit of territorial sea to the limit of the Welsh zone. The marine plan authority (Welsh Government) is responsible for preparing marine