4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313231363736 English NRW_DS121668 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2025-12-24T10:10:17.181Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG::27700) WINS Natural Flood Management: Opportunities for Catchment Woodland Planting WINS Natural Flood Management: Opportunities for Catchment Woodland Planting Rheolaeth Naturiol o Lifogydd: Cyfleoedd ar gyfer Plannu Coetir Dalgylch SCCAN Natural Flood Management: Opportunities for Catchment Woodland Planting 2018-04-01 NRW_DS121676 This dataset was created for the Welsh Information for Nature Based Solution or WINS project (Previously known as SCCAN) to identify opportunities to carry out land management interventions to increase ecosystem service delivery in a number of key policy areas. There is an accompanying User Guide to assist in the use of these datasets. A full list of datasets used and data limitations can be found in the project technical report. What the map shows: This map shows the opportunity space for planting catchment woodland for NFM benefits. It is important to note that most effective use of these opportunity spaces would be to plant deep-rooting species, particularly broadleaved species, in order to fully realise the NFM potential. This dataset was created for the Welsh Information for Nature Based Solution or WINS project (Previously known as SCCAN) to identify opportunities to carry out land management interventions to increase ecosystem service delivery in a number of key policy areas. There is an accompanying User Guide to assist in the use of these datasets. A full list of datasets used and data limitations can be found in the project technical report. What the map shows: This map shows the opportunity space for planting catchment woodland for NFM benefits. It is important to note that most effective use of these opportunity spaces would be to plant deep-rooting species, particularly broadleaved species, in order to fully realise the NFM potential. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Land use GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme SoNaRR Area Statement NRW Thesaurus 2025-01-08 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Ecosystem Services (SMNR) Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) NRW SMNR Keywords 2024-06-26 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. © 2021 Cranfield University. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Cranfield University information © 2021 Cranfield University. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and Database Rights. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Open Government Licence 10 English planningCadastre society farming biota geoscientificInformation climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment elevation imageryBaseMapsEarthCover inlandWaters SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2017-09-01 2018-04-01 Data gaps and limitations: National Phase 1 dataset is likely out of date in many places. Data on land drainage have been modelled, and is likely to over-estimate and under-estimate land drainage in different locations. Use of 500m coastal buffer to prevent coastal areas being mapped as opportunity space is a rough approximation of a complex problem. Some locations within this 500m buffer may in fact be suitable for woodland planting for mediating downslope flood risk. The extent of potential Fridd habitat has been modelled using the Phase 1 habitat data. It is likely to over-estimate and under-estimate the Ffridd cover in different locations. Geographic Information System ESRI Feature Class Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false How the map has been created: For all maps, the suitability for woodland planting has been established using ALC data split into different attributes, as well as the current land cover. At this stage all areas were identified where it is biophysically possible to plant trees. The location of artificially drained land was modelled to identify areas where NFM measures, if implemented, could take a longer time period to reap benefits as compared to establishing woodland on land that does not have extensive under-drainage. Within the remaining opportunity space, sensitivities were identified. These are areas within which woodland planting is possible, but special considerations apply, such as for example the species composition in an acid sensitive catchment, and potential presence of high-biodiversity value Ffridd habitat. Additionally, constraints were applied to the opportunity space; at this stage areas that are not suitable for planting trees are removed from the opportunity space. Several categories of constraint were considered, including biophysical, legislative and conservation constraints. Areas within which the planting of woodland is unlikely to deliver NFM benefits, e.g. areas within 500m of the coast, and areas on soil types that are not slowly permeable, are also excluded at this stage. The combined constraints for catchment woodland planting are shown in a separate map. This dataset was produced for NRW under contract by Environment Systems Ltd. How the map has been created: For all maps, the suitability for woodland planting has been established using ALC data split into different attributes, as well as the current land cover. At this stage all areas were identified where it is biophysically possible to plant trees. The location of artificially drained land was modelled to identify areas where NFM measures, if implemented, could take a longer time period to reap benefits as compared to establishing woodland on land that does not have extensive under-drainage. Within the remaining opportunity space, sensitivities were identified. These are areas within which woodland planting is possible, but special considerations apply, such as for example the species composition in an acid sensitive catchment, and potential presence of high-biodiversity value Ffridd habitat. Additionally, constraints were applied to the opportunity space; at this stage areas that are not suitable for planting trees are removed from the opportunity space. Several categories of constraint were considered, including biophysical, legislative and conservation constraints. Areas within which the planting of woodland is unlikely to deliver NFM benefits, e.g. areas within 500m of the coast, and areas on soil types that are not slowly permeable, are also excluded at this stage. The combined constraints for catchment woodland planting are shown in a separate map. This dataset was produced for NRW under contract by Environment Systems Ltd.