The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose. This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils. BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Attribution statement: Contains IPR from Cranfield University (NSRI) soils data and BGS geological data. Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC.National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. © Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021.

Using a range of different data sources Natural England has collated a map showing the extent of peatlands in England. For the purposes of this project, peatlands have been classified into three types based on the source of the information but assumed to have the following general characteristics:■ Deep peaty soils: Areas covered with a majority of peat >40cm deep.■ Shallow peaty soils: Areas with a majority of soils with peat 10–40cm deep.■ Soils with peaty pockets: Areas of mostly non-peat soils, supporting smaller pockets of deep peat (such as flushes or exposures of buried peat) too small to map at a national scale.Reported in Natural England's publication England's Peatland - carbon storage and greenhouse gases (NE257).We have have shared this data with permission from Natural England. You can request a download of the full dataset from enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. It is available free of charge for non-commercial purposes. If you want to use the data for a Commercial purpose you must obtain a licence from Natural England.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose.This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information.Peaty soil is defined as soil with an organic content of 20% or more. This layer maps the extent of this, as modelled by the England Peat Map project, where the probability of occurrence is above 50%. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose. This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information. Predicted grip hagg features in uplands (within Moorland Line) within peaty soil extent boundary (AI4Peat output). Full metadata can be viewed on environment.data.gov.uk.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose.

This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA), both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information.

Collated and combined peaty soil presence, depth, vegetation and erosion and drainage feature data from England Peat Map (EPM) and non-EPM sources. One feature per observation point, with peaty soil depth values provided where this is included in the data.

For more information, see NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

In support of the monitoring programme, the Welsh Government commissioned the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, with support from the British Geological Survey and Natural Resources Wales, to develop an updated map of peat extent and condition for Wales. A full description and assessment of the peat map, including an analysis of current land-use and condition of peatlands, and their associated greenhouse gas emissions, are provided in Evans et al. (2015).

This map represents a considerable advance on previous attempts to map the deep peat resource of Wales (e.g. Taylor & Tucker, 1968) and yields a significantly larger estimate than that based on the Soil Survey of England and Wales alone (ca. 706 km2; ECOSSE, 2007). Another recent assessment of peat cover also utilised multiple data-sources (Vangeulova et al., 2012) but included the data from the Soil Survey of England and Wales, which were omitted from this study due to the scale of mapping, which tended to omit smaller peat units particularly in lowland areas, whilst over-estimating peat cover in some upland areas due to the merging of different soil types in mixed landscapes into peat-dominated soil associations.

The new map highlights the wide distribution of peatlands across much of Wales, with large areas of upland blanket bog in Northeast and North-central Wales (Migneint, Berwyn) and central Wales (Cambrian Mountains), as well as smaller areas of upland peat in and around the Brecon Beacons National Park. The new unified map also provides a much more detailed picture of the distribution of deep peat in the lowlands, many of which retain significant biodiversity interest. Large numbers of small peat units are found in many lowland areas of Wales, with the largest numbers mapped in Anglesey, Penllŷn, coastal Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Larger lowland raised bogs occur at Cors Fochno on the Dyfi estuary, Cors Caron in Ceredigion, and Fenn’s and Whixall Moss on the border with Shropshire.

These layers map the extent of peaty soil, i.e. where it occurs and the probability of its occurrence according to the models.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose.

This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information.

Peaty soil is defined as soil with an organic content of 20% or more. This layer maps the extent of this, as modelled by the England Peat Map project, where the probability of occurrence is above 50%. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils.BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Attribution statement: Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC. National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. © Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose. This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme, both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information. Collated and combined vegetation survey data from EPM and non-EPM sources. One feature per quadrat, with class values assigned. Full metadata can be viewed on environment.data.gov.uk.

The England Peat Map is a map of England's peaty soils. It models the extent, depth, and condition of our peat including vegetation and upland peat erosion & drainage features (grips, gullies, bare peat and peat hagging). The map and, where possible, the associated data, are available openly and free to use for any purpose.This map is funded by the Nature for Climate Fund and the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA), both part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).The map layers were created using machine learning and deep learning modelling techniques, trained with pre-existing survey data collated from Defra organisations and other stakeholders, as well as new survey data collected by contractors and quality-assured by an in-house team. Predictor data used in the modelling process included national-scale satellite imagery, topographic LiDAR, geological and historic land-use data. Data collated from multiple sources and collated by the England Peat Map project. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report Annex 5 for more information.Confidence in the England Peat Map depth prediction on a 10m by 10m square basis. Confidence is measured by root mean square deviation. See NERR149 England Peat Map Final Report, Natural England, 2025.

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils.BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Attribution statement: Contains IPR from Cranfield University (NSRI) soils data and BGS geological data. Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC.National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. © Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021./.

NatureScot has prepared a spatial dataset to be used in muirburn license applications. This dataset visualises the extent of land that may be classified 'peatland', as defined in the associated muirburn legislation. This dataset is derived from outputs of the spatial disaggregation model of the legacy soil map (1:250,000 scale) created by the James Hutton Institute. It is complemented with data from the James Hutton Institute 1:25,000 partial soil coverage map (Soil25K V10d). (Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved). The resulting map updates earlier work undertaken by NatureScot for the identification of the distribution of carbon rich soil and is provided as a raster datafile with a resolution of 50 m. The map displays a single field attribute with three classes defined as: - Area with no peat: labelled "Non-peatland" - Area with a peat layer less than 50 cm thick: labelled "Uncertain" - Area with a peat layer greater or equal to 50 cm thick: labelled "Peatland" - Area of non soils labelled as "Non-soil" The map is intended to be used as a baseline information in the NatureScot Online Licensing System and does not on its own identify areas that may be suitable for muirburn or area that will be defined as peatland under other classification systems. Additional information:Gagkas Z. & Lilly A. Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland July 2024 Geoderma Regional 38(2):e00833 DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009424000804

Spatial datasets consider the lands contribution to preventing and mitigating climate change, through storage of carbon in the Soils (below ground). This below Ground Carbon spatial datasets represent a strategic resource for England, that indicate the range of carbon storage values in tonnes of carbon per hectare (t C Ha-1 ). At a local scale (e.g. 1:50 000). They are presented as a series of raster datasets for use in GIS Systems at a resolution of 25m2. These maps will assist users to find out where the most important carbon stores in soils in their areas. They are not suitable for field scale carbon mitigation as this would require field scale carbon assessment. As well as soil being an excellent natural carbon sink, locking carbon away from the atmosphere and reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses produced soil carbon has a number of other excellent benefits. The amount of carbon stored within mineral soil depends upon the soil type, with clay rich and silt rich soils storing more carbon than sandy soils. Within peat soils, carbon storage operates by a different process. In a non-compromised or fully functional state peat soils are fully saturated with water for most of the year. This leads to the minimal decomposition of plant biomass, so soil carbon builds up faster than decomposition can occur, so no equilibrium is reached, to form a very carbon-rich layer of peat. However, if the peats are damaged so leading to drying out the soil microbial activity can re-start, and as the carbon is utilised by the soil microfauna, carbon dioxide and methane are then released to the atmosphere, changing a carbon sink that is sequestering carbon, into a source of greenhouse gas emissions. (UK Peatland Strategy 2018) . Natural England produced a report in 2021 reviewing this research and compiling different land use. approximate values in tons per hectare of carbon for a wide variety of habitats in England (Gregg et al 2021) see Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat 2021 (NERR094). Framework created from Soilscapes and NE Natural England Peat Map (Natural England 2008).Soilscapes- 1:250,000 scale soils dataset. [https://www.landis.org.uk/soilsguide/soilscapes_list.cfm ]. the 27 soils carbon figure was assigned. This data was split in 2; Mineral Soils; Organo mineral & Peat Soils. Mineral soil split by habitats. modified by: PHI habitat overlying the soil (more natural / semi-natural the higher the score) with 50% overlap = 30% uplift carbon; the Ancient Woodland (NE 2019) with 50% overlap add 30% uplift in carbon. Organo Mineral & Peat soils: NE Peat Map (2008) was used to describe the shallow and deep peat soils, inc. peaty pockets. then conflated with the Soilscape for organo -mineral soils and peat soils with the NE peat map having priority. Modifiers were used & included: Indications that the habitats might be in good ecological condition, the PHI and the SSSI was used as a proxy. If no PHI overlap a 10% reduction; If the habitat overlying the soil is Fen = 2 x carbon figure. If the habitat overlying the soil is Raised Bog = 2.5 x carbon figure; Arable = reduced carbon lost from peat soils under. The Mineral and Organo mineral & Peat Soils re-joined to single England layer. Then Soil depth & Slope adjustment. Soil depth important to carbon stored. Most carbon in the topsoil, lesser amount of carbon held deep in soil profiles. Put into the model each soil type was allocated to one of four depth classes: Shallow soils with a profile likely to be 15-50 cm or less; The models assumed a 30 cm depth for carbon calculations; Normal depth mineral soils with a profile between 1 m and 1.25 m. The models assumed a 1 m depth for carbon calculations. Blanket peat soils. The models assumed a 2 m depth for carbon calculations. Raised bog and fen peat soils. Model assumed 4 m depth for carbon calculations. Slope, habitats occurring on steep slopes have thinner soil. A value of over 18o was used to show as a proxy for thinner soils. Slope occurring on; on slopes between 0-11o = 0%; on slopes between 11o - 18o = -10%; on slopes over 18o = -20%. NE PHI/ Ancient Woodland - OGL NE Living England - OGL NE Peat Map [2008] - Non- commercial licence Soilscapes - Cranfield University- NE Bespoke Licence SRTM- NASA Shuttle Radar Topography- Open Topography Attribution statement: © Natural England [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, www.gov.uk/natural-england. © Crown Copyright and database right [Year]. Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000851168. Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right [Year] Ordnance Survey 100021242 Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO [Year] Need to add text for SRTM NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)(2013). Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Global. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9445JDF. Accessed: 2024-05-17

This is a simplified version of the Carbon and Peatland 2016 map for use in the development of windfarm spatial framework. It only shows the extent of areas within Class 1 and 2 of the classification. To access the unabridged version, select the Carbon and Peatland 2016 dataset. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has prepared a consolidated spatial dataset of 'carbon rich soil, deep peat and priority peatland habitats' in Scotland derived from existing soil and vegetation data (James Hutton Institute 1:25,000 and 1:250,000 scale soil data and Land Cover Scotland 1988). The resulting Carbon and Peatland map updated earlier work undertaken by SNH for the identification of natural heritage features of national importance available from Scotland's soil website. The map is a high-level planning tool to promote consistency and clarity in the preparation of spatial frameworks by planning authorities. The map is a predictive tool which provides an indication of the likely presence of peat on each individually-mapped area, at a coarse scale. The types of peat shown on the map are carbon-rich soils, deep peat and priority peatland habitat. For more information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/planning-and-development/planning-and-development-advice/soils/carbon-and-peatland-2016-map

This layer will help you identify some of the strategic opportunities in your area for positive change and work out plans with land managers to enhance carbon, whatever the current land use. Carbon abatement is the reduction in carbon dioxide presently being released to the atmosphere from the environment when land use and management are in conflict with the best carbon outcome. This layer compliments the carbon sequestration map and shows where different types of actions can be taken to maximise carbon storage and sequestration. The approach here has been to highlight the worst areas of the country for carbon loss and abatement potential. Where existing high quality semi natural habitat already exists there is likely to be opportunities to enhance carbon, but much of this is fine scale management decisions that a national data set cannot determine. So, a more precautionary approach has been applied that if a habitat presently exists on a site, land-use change has not been recommended. There will be places where an existing habitat could be enhanced or changed to another habitat to give carbon benefits. Many habitats have become degraded through management practices over time, such as drainage, which means it now sits in a lower carbon state & is losing carbon and as such has abatement potential such as conversion from a dry grassland habitat with drainage to much wetter fenland habitat. In the worse cases some habitats in our current priority habitat classification system are degraded versions of other habitats and have the potential to move between habitats and so abating carbon. This layer has made a broad assessment of which land use may be changed to an appropriate higher carbon variant. In the case of very productive grassland and pasture we have assumed only a change to high carbon management practices where clear abatement gains are present. This is because high value agricultural land is a key non-renewable resource which is needed for food security. In addition, such land generates a good economic revenue for agricultural goods.

This map was created differently to the others, by using a Python script to run the analysis. Firstly, a table was designed that looked at habitats and possible soil types they could develop upon. This was then used to create a logic table showing areas which were now not on suitable soil types, for example arable land on deep fen peat. Scoring was awarded from scientific review, using expert judgement by the team, and insights in developing the previous layers results, on the potential sequestration enhancement or land use of each type of land management action or change. All the technical information is available in the accompany technical report. The classes used in the abatement maps and models are shown in Table 1 with the Logic tables are found in -Appendix 4 Abatement logic rules in full technical report. Code/ Class / Notes 1/ Maintain - enhance existing habitats / Some of our existing habitats for example, blanket bog vegetation deep peat, are not in the best ecological condition they can be. This is particularly the case for peatlands and heather moorlands which have been drained to change blanket bog vegetation into heathland vegetation or to obtain a grazing value out of the blanket bog. 2/ Low/ On productive agricultural land (intensive grassland and arable) there are possibilities to enhance carbon by changing land management practice. 3/ Low/medium/ This was given where the habitat could be replaced with a more suitable habitats ; 4/ Medium/ This is allocated where changing land use could result in a fairly good enhancement of carbon sequestration. 6/ High /The highest benefits to abatement are restoring the deep peats which are currently under arable and intensive grazing. i.e. the fenlands area 7/ Urban / It was not in scope for this project to look at carbon values in urban areas as the data accuracy is to poor too make an informed decision. 8/ Water / It was not in scope for this project to look at carbon values within water bodies as the data accuracy is too poor to make an informed decision. NE PHI/ Ancient Woodland - OGL NE Living England - OGL NE Peat Map [2008] - Non- commercial licence NE SSSI data NFI-National Forest Inventory (NFI) Forest Research- OGL Soilscapes - Cranfield University/ HMSO- NE Bespoke Licence SRTM- NASA Shuttle Radar Topography- Open Topography Attribution statement: © Natural England [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, www.gov.uk/natural-england. © Crown Copyright and database right [Year]. Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000851168. Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right [Year] Ordnance Survey 100021242 Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO [Year]

This is a spatial dataset describing the geographic focus areas of sites that were investigated under the NCPGS Discovery grant funding. The NCPGS funds peatland restoration and is made up of two grants: Restoration and Discovery. Discovery grants, shown in this spatial dataset, work to unlock barriers and prepare projects for peat restoration. Given the investigative activities undertaken in Discovery grants are difficult to map (like engagement), these have been represented as focus areas, with the intent to represent information at a project level rather than site level. The purpose of this dataset is to make it more transparent where the NCPGS has funded preparatory peatland survey work; peat depth, hydrological, archaeological or ecological survey. Whilst the specifics of these surveys are not represented here, the peat team may hold more detailed information associated with the Discovery focus areas shown Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved.

"This map provides an indication of the presence of peat at a scale of 50m resolution (visible at higher zoom levels). The map shows an overview of the published mapped peat, together with other superficial deposits with a lithological content/characteristic of peat (here peat layers are accumulated and then buried within another deposit). The data is derived from BGS Geology Surface dataset version 8.24. Peat is usually found in boggy areas or the fens, both having distinct qualities i.e. peat formed in a boggy area tends to be acidic whereas peat in the fens is usually alkaline. Because of its high carbon content peat has for many years being used as a fuel. Its other user has been in the horticultural sector because of its rich nutrient content and water bearing properties. Now in recent years the attention on peat is now on climate change and biodiversity and its preservation."

Spatial datasets of predicted land cover, peatland extent, peat thickness and peatland carbon storage for the Lowland Peruvian Amazon. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/db3de2d7-b094-4d15-a40b-edb618ede889

NatureScot has prepared a consolidated spatial dataset of ‘carbon rich soil, deep peat and priority peatland habitats’ in Scotland derived from existing soil and vegetation data (James Hutton Institute 1:25,000 and 1:250,000 scale soil data and Land Cover Scotland 1988). The resulting Carbon and Peatland map updated earlier work undertaken by NatureScot for the identification of natural heritage features of national importance available from Scotland’s soil website. The map is a high-level planning tool to promote consistency and clarity in the preparation of spatial frameworks by planning authorities. The map is a predictive tool which provides an indication of the likely presence of peat on each individually-mapped area, at a coarse scale. The types of peat shown on the map are carbon-rich soils, deep peat and priority peatland habitat.