Site Relevant Critical Loads and Source Attribution

The ‘Site Relevant Critical Loads’ tool provides critical loads for acidity and nitrogen for designated features within every SAC, SPA or A/SSSI in the UK. You can view an overview of each interest feature for each site. Critical loads are assigned to each sensitive feature for either nutrient nitrogen or acidity. Furthermore, deposition data for nitrogen and sulphur at each site are provided, apportioned to major sources, and presented in pie charts. You can also select a grid reference if you know the exact location of your feature within a site. Simply follow the screens below.

Search by SiteSelect a designation type and select 'Next'

Search by SourceIn addition to selecting by site a user can also select a source they are interested in. The search will return the most sensitive site-feature combination for that source. To start select a source type and select 'Next'.

Country Filter: [use the menu to filter sources by country]

Source Selection:


Devon SAC
East Devon Pebblebed Heaths SAC
[photo: Clinton Devon Estates]