Consultation outcome

SSSIs: changes to the measurement used in condition reporting

From:
Natural England
Published
7 December 2020
Last updated
4 November 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Changes to the measurement used to report on the condition of SSSIs in England: consultation report

PDF, 491 KB, 31 pages

Detail of outcome

As a result of the consultation responses, Natural England has devised a mechanism to continue to be able to report on condition at a unit scale. At the same time, it will progress with the change in metric to officially report the condition of sites of special scientific interest at feature scale from April 2023.

Detail of feedback received

There were 53 responses to the consultation. Natural England is analysing these responses and will publish the consultation report in autumn 2021.

Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on proposals to change the measurement used in reporting the condition of sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) in England.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

We want to know what you think of the proposed change to the measurement used in reporting the condition of sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) in England. The change will be a move from a unit or area-based assessment to one which measures the condition of a notified feature across the whole of the SSSI.

This change will bring England in line with the method used to monitor and report SSSI condition in the rest of the UK.

Updates to this page

Published 7 December 2020
Last updated 4 November 2022 + show all updates

  1. We've published the consultation final report.

  2. The consultation response will be published in autumn 2021.

  3. Added the number of responses received.

  4. First published.

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