Natural England - Opportunities and optimum sitings for energy crops within the South West region

Opportunities and optimum sitings for energy crops within the South West region

The maps below refer to the South West 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: (803kb)pdf document.  This map identifies areas where high, average and low miscanthus yields may occur - guidance
  2. SRC yield map: (1.99mb)pdf document.  This map identifies areas where high, average and low SRC yields may occur - guidance
  3. Existing energy crop locations: (2.04mb)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): (2.26mb)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.

South West Joint Character Areas

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100. Herefordshire Lowlands 103. Malvern Hills 104. South Herefordshire and Over Severn 105. Forest of Dean and Lower Wye 106. Severn and Avon Vales 107. Cotswolds 108. Upper Thames Clay Vales 109. Midvale Ridge 116. Berkshire and Marlborough Downs 117. Avon Vales 118. Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges 129. Thames Basin Heaths 130. Hampshire Downs 131. New Forest 132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs 133. Blackmoor Vale and Vale of Wardour 134. Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase 135. Dorset Heaths 136. South Purbeck 137. Isle of Portland 138. Weymouth Lowlands 139. Marshwood and Powerstock Vales 140. Yeovil Scarplands 141. Mendip Hills 142. Somerset Levels and Moors 143. Mid Somerset Hills 144. Quantock Hills 145. Exmoor 146. Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes 147. Blackdowns 148. Devon Redlands 149. The Culm 150. Dartmoor 151. South Devon 152. Cornish Killas 153. Bodmin Moor 154. Hensbarrow 155. Carnmenellis 156. West Penwith 157. The Lizard 158. Isles of Scilly