Natural England - Opportunities and optimum sitings for energy crops within the East Midlands region

Opportunities and optimum sitings for energy crops within the East Midlands region

The maps below refer to the East Midlands region. Please remember that the maps are indicative. Refer to the guidance regarding their use before accessing. These are large files and may take a couple of minutes to download.

  1. Miscanthus yield map: (909kb)pdf document. This map identifies areas where high, average and low miscanthus yields may occur - guidance
  2. SRC yield map: (2.78mb)pdf document. This map identifies areas where high, average and low SRC yields may occur - guidance
  3. Existing energy crop locations: (2.69mb)pdf document. This map identifies areas of existing energy crops, planted under the 2000 – 2006 Energy Crops Scheme. This map allows consideration of opportunities to develop biomass projects and energy supply chains - guidance
  4. Designated areas [document removed]. This map identifies a number of environmental designations that may impact where energy crops can be located - guidance. Please note that these maps have been produced differently to the other maps. Further instructions regarding their use.
  5. Joint character areas (JCAs): (2.99mb)pdf document. This map identifies which JCA a piece of land falls in. Once identified, please click on the appropriate JCA in the map below. This will bring up a table providing  information about the impact of energy crops within that JCA - guidance

In addition, there is also a guidance document outlining a number of environmental issues that should be considered when applying for an energy crop grant.

East Midlands Joint Character Areas

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30. Southern Magnesian Limestone 37. Yorkshire Southern Pennine Fringe 38. Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Yorkshire Coalfield 39. Humberhead Levels 42. Lincolnshire Coast & Marshes 43. Lincolnshire Wolds 44. Central Lincolnshire Vale 45. Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands 46. The Fens 47. Southern Lincolnshire Edge 48. Trent & Belvoir Vales 49. Sherwood 50. Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent 51. Dark Peak 52. White Peak 53. South West Peak 54. Manchester Pennine Fringe 64. Potteries & Churnet Valley 68. Needwood & South Derbyshire Claylands 69. Trent Valley Washlands 70. Melbourne Parklands 71. Leicestershire & South Derbyshire Coalfield 72. Mease/Sence Lowlands 73. Charnwood 74. Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire Wolds 75. Kesteven Uplands 88. Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire Claylands 89. Northamptonshire Vales 91. Yardley-Whittlewood Ridge 92. Rockingham Forest 93. High Leicestershire 94. Leicestershire Vales 95. Northamptonshire Uplands 96. Dunsmore & Feldon 107. Cotswolds