Northern Ireland Special Areas of Conservation Boundaries, May 2018

Joint Nature Conservation Committee provides the spatial dataset for Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland, excluding offshore areas. The dataset was last updated in May 2018 and forms part of the UK's National Site Network. Updates to the network after September 2022 are not reflected in this specific dataset version.

Use Cases

• Map protected area boundaries for conservation planning based on the spatial dataset.
• Analyze changes in site networks over time based on the documented update history.
• Integrate with other geospatial data for environmental impact assessments based on the boundary information.

Strengths

• Boundary data is managed by the authoritative Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
• Dataset has a specific, documented last update date of May 2018.

Limitations

• Data is not current; the last update was in May 2018, while the network was updated in September 2022.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Periodically published updates following changes to the UK National Site Network.

Time Range

Data reflects status as of May 2018.

Freshness

Last updated May 2018.

Geography

Northern Ireland (excluding offshore areas).