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South West Higher Level Stewardship Priority Targeting - Phase 1
Phase 1 - in place Autumn 2007
High Priority Areas
A number of High Priority Areas have been identified to target with Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) delivery. Further information on this is in the following documents:
- Map showing High Priority Areas for HLS
[950 kb] - ‘Exceptions’ outside High Priority Areas [18 kb]
- Rationale for High Priority Areas [44 kb]
- Higher Level Stewardship Targeting Statements
- Revised HLS Targeting Statements (all ):
- 105. Forest of Dean and Lower Wye
- 106. Severn and Avon Vale
- 107. Cotswolds
- 117. Avon Vale
- 118. Bristol
- 132. Salisbury Plain and West Wiltshire Downs
- 133. Blackmoor Vale and the Vale of Wardour
- 134. Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase
- 135. Dorset Heaths
- 136. South Purbeck
- 137.& 138. Isle of Portland and 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. The Cornish Killas
- 153. Bodmin Moor
- 154. Hensbarrow
- 155. Carnmenellis
- 156. West Penwith
- 157. The Lizard
- 158. The Isles of Scilly
The High Priority Areas are also available as a Geographic Information System (GIS) data set [zip 6 mb]. The files are in ESRI shapefile format and have been compressed using standard windows software to minimise download time.
The targeting statements for Joint Character Areas outline the key characteristics of the different parts of the English countryside. Each area has priority targets for a variety of features to which Environmental Stewardship management options should be applied.
These Joint Character Area targeting statements cover the whole country. For our priorities up to September 2008, please refer to the map above and the Rationale for High Priority Areas.
South West Land Management Stakeholder Group
This group is chaired by the Natural England Regional Director and includes external stakeholders and partners, statutory agencies and environmental and farming organisations.
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