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Prime Land Protection (or woodland expansion through the lens of prime land protection)

Agriculture
and soils

1. min.
2. low
4. high
5. max.

Local development
and recreation

1. min.
2. low
4. high
5. max.

Water

1. min.
2. low
4. high
5. max.

Biodiversity

1. min.
2. low
4. high
5. max.

Result display

1. off
3. opaque

Distribution

Full Distribution
4,500 hectares
9,000 hectares
18,000 hectares

Services

Woodland Expansion
Sediment
Carbon
Nitrogen

Ramsar

SSSI

SPA

SAC

NNR

LNR

Agriculture and soils: Land Capability for Commercial Forestry; Land Capability for Agriculture 2050; Land Capability for Agriculture; On wet mineral soil; Non native Conifer

Local development and recreation: Flood plain buffer around town; Buffer around roads; New Housing allocation; Coastal settlements; Around town; Internal settlements; Within 500 m from core path

Water: Within 50 m from rivers; In Nitrate Vulnerable Zones; In sub-catchments with high N; In sub-catchments with high Sediment Export

Biodiversity: Out from multifunction area but at 1km from native woodland; Within multifunctional area; On Target networks areas; Outside multifunction; On Woodland Corridors (lca 2050); On Woodland Corridors

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