Priority Places For England 2016

<p>The data is used to support the Woodland Carbon Fund, which was launched in 2016. </p><p></p><p>The Forestry Commission identified Priority Places for England (PPE) areas based on data that includes populations, deprivation indices and existing public access provision. </p><p></p><p>Methodology summary: </p><p></p><p>• Census Output Areas with usual resident population (minus prison and MOD population) were identified. </p><p></p><p>• Those Census Output Areas within urban areas (&gt;10,000 population) that are also within the 40% most deprived areas in England were identified. </p><p></p><p>• These areas were buffered by 4km to create the PPE boundaries in this dataset. </p><p></p><p>• Further details can be requested from the data custodian. </p><p></p><p>Woodland Creation Grant schemes that fell within the boundaries of the PPE data were potentially eligible for an Additional Contribution of grant aid. </p><p></p><p>Attributes: </p><p></p><p>REGION: Priority Places for England title </p><p>LEV: Redundant field </p>