UK Special Areas of Conservation Site Details from 2009 to 2015

From August 2009 to July 2015, this archived spreadsheet contains UK-wide data submitted to the EU Commission for Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive. It follows the official Natura 2000 site information format and is organized into tabs for site details, interest features, maps, and other characteristics. The data was produced by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and was superseded by a more comprehensive Natura 2000 dataset in December 2015.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of protected habitats and species based on the SAC interest features tab.
• Mapping conservation sites by country or cross-border regions using the filterable country codes.
• Studying changes in site characteristics and component SSSIs for versions prior to 2013.
• Comparing pre-2015 conservation data with subsequent Natura 2000 network datasets.

Strengths

• Data follows the officially agreed Natura 2000 site information format as per EU Commission Implementing Decision 2011/484/EU.
• Organized into multiple, filterable tabs corresponding to different sections of the Standard Data Form.
• Covers a defined time series from August 2009 to July 2015.

Limitations

• Dataset is an archived series superseded in December 2015, limiting its current applicability.
• Row count and column details are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Gibraltar information is explicitly excluded from this spreadsheet.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), submitted to the EU Commission.

Collection Method

Data submitted as part of the Standard Data Form information for Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive.

Time Range

August 2009 to July 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:36.851577; freshness should be verified as the data series ended in 2015.

Geography

United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and offshore), excluding Gibraltar.