Natura 2000 Management Plan Status for UK Sites, 2015 Submission
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Description
Management plan information for each Natura 2000 site in the UK, including Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas. The dataset was derived from UK-wide data submitted to the EU Commission on 22 December 2015 and indicates whether a management plan exists, its name, and a link. It was created by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and last updated on 2026-04-14.
Use Cases
Assessing the implementation of EU Habitats and Birds Directives based on management plan status.
Mapping the coverage of conservation management plans across the UK based on site-level data.
Linking to existing management plan documents for specific sites based on provided URLs.
Strengths
Provides a UK-wide snapshot of management plan status as of a specific submission date (22 December 2015).
Distinguishes between two types of protected sites: Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas.
Includes direct links to management plan documents where they exist.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2015 submission, with prior data only collated for Gibraltar.
Provenance
Source
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Collection Method
Derived from UK-wide data submitted to the EU Commission as part of the Standard Data Form updating exercise (Tranche 50).
Time Range
Snapshot from submission on 22 December 2015.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:35.162000; freshness should be verified.
Geography
United Kingdom (including Gibraltar for pre-2015 data).
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