The Targeting and Planning Map is a tool aimed at those people looking for more information about sites sensitive to diffuse agricultural pollution, wildlife habitats, or information about farmland birds.

Users are likely to include biodiversity professionals, planners, conservation officers, regulators, agri-environment scheme applicants and/or their advisors, and researchers from across the environment sector.

The Farmland Birds information has been updated to reflect that which was used in designing the new HLS Target Areas, displayed in both the Farmland Birds map and the Agri-environment Schemes Map.

Information in the Priority Catchments and BAP Habitat maps was not used in designing the HLS Target Areas, and requires updating.

The new Target Area Statements and Theme Statements are the framework through which the priorities for HLS are expressed. Applications for HLS that address features of known national or regional significance are much more likely to be successful. HLS applicants are therefore encouraged to use this information to help inform an appropriate choice of options within the scheme and provide some landscape context to their decisions. This information should be used in conjunction with the new Target Area Statements and Theme Statements developed by your local Natural England office and available through the Natural England web site at http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/farming/funding/es/default.aspx; this indicates the priorities for HLS in your area. You will also need to consult other individuals and data sources as detailed in the scheme literature.

A detailed explanation of each stream can be found at the following links:
What's in the Targeting and Planning Map : BAP Priority Habitats stream
What's in the Targeting and Planning Map: Farmland Birds stream
What's in the Targeting and Planning Map: Priority Catchments stream

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