Sites of special scientific interest: condition and assessments
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides details on how Natural England assesses the condition of Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) and the condition improvement process. Covers: favourable, unfavourable recovering, unfavourable no change, unfavourable declining, part destroyed, destroyed, site visits and condition assessments, related targets and condition improvement process.
Document History
Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sites-of-special-scientific-interest-condition-and-assessments and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 April 2026.
Publisher Information
Natural England
Natural England is the government's adviser for the natural environment in England, helping to protect the country's nature and landscapes. The information contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
