Designated areas within the Less Favoured Area of England
- Area of Less Favoured Area - England (ha) 2,213,691
- Disadvantaged - England (ha) 586,654
- Severely Disadvantaged - England (ha) 1,627,037
| Number of Designations | Disadvantaged(ha) | Severely Disadvantaged(ha) | Total in LFA (ha) | % of LFA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas | 9 | 28,901 | 429,846 | 458,747 | 20.7 |
| National Parks | 7 | 81,906 | 814,050 | 895,957 | 40.5 |
| Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty | 12 | 87,246 | 343,767 | 431,013 | 19.15 |
| Moorland Line | - | 8,705 | 790,266 | 798,971 | 36 |
| Objective 1 | - | 75,078 | 40,528 | 115,606 | 5.2 |
| Objective 2 | - | 329,096 | 1,282,965 | 1,612,061 | 72.8 |
| Objective 5 N/A | - | 367,339 | 1,179,999 | 1,547,338 | 69.9 |
| CC Character Areas | 43 | 586,654 | 1,627,037 | 2,213,691 | 100 |
| EN Natural Areas | 43 | 586,654 | 1,627,037 | 2,213,691 | 100 |
| Common Land | 1042 | 4,582 | 291,537 | 296,119 | 13.4 |
| National Nature Reserves | 44 | 2,304 | 16,428 | 18,732 | 0.8 |
| Special Areas of Conservation | *158 | 6,699 | 245,262 | 251,961 | 11.4 |
| Special Protection Areas | 13 | 807 | 121,992 | 122,799 | 5.5 |
| Sites of Special scientific Interest | 845 | 12,893 | 437,472 | 450,365 | 20.3 |
| Ramar Sites | 10 | 903 | 1,106 | 2,009 | 0.1 |
| Upland experiment Areas | 2 | 40,248 | 68,128 | 108,376 | 4.9 |
| Ancient Woodland | 3084 | 17,014 | 26,480 | 43,494 | 2 |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme Agreements | 1,110 | - | - | 116,300 | 5.2 |
| Moorland Scheme Agreements | 13 | - | - | 6,700 | 0.3 |
| ESA Agreements | 5,573 | - | - | 393,614 | 17.8 |
| Black Grouse Breeding Areas (10 km squares) | Evidence of breeding in 43 squares: seen in a further 22 squares (out of a total 252) | ||||
| Heather Moorland (1km squares) | Squares with 5 - 50 % heather - 3155 (14 % of total) | ||||
| Squares with 50 - 100% heather - 3021 (13 % of total) | |||||
| Total (squares with > 5 % heather) - 6176 (27.5 % of total) | |||||
- Data collated by FRCA GI unit, January 2002
- Objective 1,2 & 5b information is the copyright DETR, Eland House, London and is illustrative rather than definitive
- Data on Black Grouse breeding areas used with permission of the British Trust for Ornithology
- Data on NNRs, SACs, SPAs, SSSIs, Ramsar Sites, CC Character Areas, EN Natural Areas, & Ancient Woodlands used with permission of English Nature
- NB* SAC. There are 55 SAC's intersecting LFA but these are divided into 206 sites.
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23 January, 2008
Page published: 24 February, 2005