Wild Bird General Licence Protected Sites Condition Zone (England) 2021

England's Special Protection Areas where condition 5 on General Licences GL40, GL41, and GL42 applies. The dataset is intended as a guide to identify sites affected by these 2021 licence conditions, issued by Defra. It was created by Natural England and was last updated on 13 July 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify areas where general licence bird control activities are restricted based on the presence of protected bird species.
• Support compliance checks for land management activities under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
• Guide applications for individual licences from Natural England where general licence conditions cannot be met.

Strengths

• Specific geographic focus on Special Protection Areas in England.
• Explicitly linked to the 2021 Defra General Licences GL40, GL41, and GL42.
• Last updated on 13 July 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Natural England, containing Ordnance Survey data.

Collection Method

Likely compiled for regulatory guidance on general licences.

Time Range

Effective from 1 January 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 13:04:40.007315; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Special Protection Areas in England.