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Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) Grades - Post 1988 (England)
OwnerDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - view all
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Last updated10 months ago
Overview

Agricultural Land Classification Grade and Job number for post-1988 ALC surveys for England Only. Polygons showing 5 classes of agricultural land plus classifications for urban and non-agricultural land. Grade one is best quality and grade five is poorest quality. A number of consistent criteria were used for assessment which include climate (temperature, rainfall, aspect, exposure, frost risk), site (gradient, micro-relief, flood risk) and soil (depth, structure, texture, chemicals, stoniness). Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.

DesignationsNatural Englandagricultureclimategeologylandscapesoilssubsurfaceweather
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dcat_issued2017-01-19T19:45:58.000Z
dcat_modified2019-02-19T12:21:47.993Z
dcat_publisher_nameDefra group ArcGIS Online organisation
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harvest_object_id14e31056-4242-4574-88f5-65840c949938
harvest_source_idccd9f416-507b-459a-ad40-8810e7eb985a
harvest_source_titleNatural England Open Data Geoportal
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